Synergy among thymol, eugenol, berberine, cinnamaldehyde and streptomycin against planktonic and biofilm-associated food-borne pathogens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 421-430

  Liu, Q ^a   Niu, H ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Mu, H ^a   Sun, C ^a   Duan, J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Berberine; Cinnamaldehyde; Eugenol; Streptomycin; Synergistic; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA; PATHOGENS; PHENOLS; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BERBERINE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; EUGENOL; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; SYNERGISTIC; THYMOL;

BIOFILMS;

BERBERINE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; EUGENOL; STREPTOMYCIN; THYMOL; ACROLEIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILM; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD QUALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; SYNERGISM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVALUATION STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

ACROLEIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BERBERINE; BIOFILMS; DRUG SYNERGISM; EUGENOL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANKTON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; THYMOL;

EID: 84926419201     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12401     Document Type: Article

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