Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark essential oil, alone and in combination with piperacillin, against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1299-1306

  Yap, Polly Soo Xi ^a   Krishnan, Thiba ^b   Chan, Kok Gan ^b   Lim, Swee Hua Erin ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Chemical composition; Cinnamomum verum; Essential oil; Membrane permeability; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; PIPERACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE TEM-1;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARK; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; SECRETION (PROCESS); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM VERUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS, VOLATILE; PIPERACILLIN; PLANT BARK; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84928144890     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1407.07054     Document Type: Article

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