Antibacterial activity and mode of action of the Artemisia capillaris essential oil and its constituents against respiratory tract infection-causing pathogens

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2852-2860

  Yang, Chang ^a   Hu, Dong Hui ^a   Feng, Yan ^b  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The First Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia capillaris; Capillin; Essential oil; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS ESSENTIAL OIL; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; LIMONENE; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PINENE; PIPERITONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SPATHULENOL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ARTEMISIA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTEMISIA; BACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84921415138     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.3103     Document Type: Article

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