Essential oils in combination and their antimicrobial properties

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3989-4006

  Bassolé, Imaël Henri Nestor ^a   Juliani, H Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive effects; Antagonism; Combinations; antimicrobial; Essential oils; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

EID: 84860254342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17043989     Document Type: Review

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