Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Lippia alba, Lippia sidoides, Cymbopogon citrates, Plectranthus amboinicus, and Cinnamomum zeylanicum against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Lippia alba, Lippia sidoides, Cymbopogon citrates, Plectranthus amboinicus, and Cinnamomum zeylanicum against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

ABSTRACT: The rise in cases of antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become a major obstacle to the effective control of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Essential oils (EO) are complex mixtures that may contain between 20 and 60 components, with two or three major compounds at relatively...

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Main Authors: Aquiles Paulino Peres Mota, João Carlos Pinheiro Dantas, Cristiane Cunha Frota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-06-01
Series:Ciência Rural
Subjects:
anti-bacterial agent
essential oils
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Lippia alba
Lippia sidoides
Cymbopogon citrates
Plectranthus amboinicus
Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000600453&lng=en&tlng=en

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