Essential oils, a new horizon in combating bacterial antibiotic resistance

Open Microbiology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-14

  Yap, Polly Soo Xi ^a   Yiap, Beow Chin ^a   Ping, Hu Cai ^a   Lim, Swee Hua Erin ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Combination therapy; Essential oils; Resistance modifying agents

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BISABOLOL; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GENTAMICIN; HUMULENE; LINALOOL; LINCOMYCIN; MENTHOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TETRACYCLINE; THYMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANIBA ROSAEODORA OIL; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM OIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROTON ZEHNTNERI OIL; EREMANTHUS ERYTHROPAPPUS OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; LANTANA CAMARA OIL; LANTANA MONTEVIDENSIS OIL; LEMON OIL; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS OIL; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS OIL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA OIL;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOSPERMUM GRANDIFLORUM; CATHA EDULIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FISSISTIGMA CAVALERIEI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POMEGRANATE; ROSEMARY; TURNERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84899875736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874285801408010006     Document Type: Review

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