Increasing antibiotic activity against a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp by essential oils of Citrus limon and Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2235-2238

  Guerra, Felipe Queiroga Sarmento ^a   Mendes, Juliana Moura ^a   Sousa, Janiere Pereira De ^a   Morais Braga, Maria F B ^b   Santos, Bernadete Helena Cavalcante ^a   Melo Coutinho, Henrique Douglas ^b   Lima, Edeltrudes De Oliveira ^a  

^a Federal University of Paraba   (Brazil)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp; antibacterial activity; C. limon; C. zeylanicum; essential oil

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM ESSENTIAL OIL; CITRUS LIMON ESSENTIAL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEMON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

ACINETOBACTER; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CITRUS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; THIENAMYCINS;

ACINETOBACTER; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 84868146706     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.647019     Document Type: Article

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