Antimicrobial effect of australian antibacterial essential oils as alternative to common antiseptic solutions against clinically relevant oral pathogens

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 61-68

  Karbach, J ^a   Ebenezer, S ^b   Warnke, P H ^c   Behrens, E ^d   Al Nawas, B ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b M R Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Essential oils; Oral infections; Standard antiseptics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; LEMON GRASS OIL; OCTENIDINE; OCTENIDINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EUCALYPTUS TERPENE OIL; LEMONGRASS OIL; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGAR DIFFUSION; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOLLOW UP; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PARVIMONAS MICRA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; MOUTH HYGIENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; EUCALYPTUS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTUS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; MOUTH; OILS, VOLATILE; ORAL HYGIENE; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

EID: 84924815273     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2014.140714     Document Type: Article

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