Antiviral activity of tea tree and eucalyptus oil aerosol and vapour

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-30

  Usachev, Evgeny V ^a   Pyankov, Oleg V ^a   Usacheva, Olga V ^b   Agranovski, Igor E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage M13; Bioaerosol; Eucalyptus oil; Influenza virus; Tea tree oil; Viral inactivation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORESTRY; VAPORS; VIRUSES;

BIOAEROSOLS; EUCALYPTUS OIL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; TEA TREE OIL; VIRAL INACTIVATION;

AEROSOLS;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; EUCALYPTUS OIL; TEA TREE OIL;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; DISINFECTION; ESSENTIAL OIL; TEA; VAPORIZATION; VIRUS;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS POLYBRACTEA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; BACTERICIDES; EUCALYPTUS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84874705412     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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