Effect of Essential Oils on Pathogenic Bacteria

By F. Nazzaro, F. Fratianni, L. De Martino, R. Coppola, V. De Feo. Pharmaceuticals, 2013

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The increasing resistance of microorganisms to conventional chemicals and drugs is a serious and evident worldwide problem that has prompted research into the identification of new biocides with broad activity. Plants and their derivatives, such as essential oils, are often used in folk medicine. In nature, essential oils play an important role in the protection of plants. Essential oils contain a wide variety of secondary metabolites that are capable of inhibiting or slowing the growth of bacteria, yeasts and moulds. Essential oils and their components have activity against a variety of targets, particularly the membrane and cytoplasm, and in some cases, they completely change the morphology of the cells. This brief review describes the activity of essential oils against pathogenic bacteria.

Subfields: Food Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Food Science

1. F. Nazzaro
2. F. Fratianni
3. R. Coppola

In Plant Science

1. U. Sinniah
2. F. Nazzaro
3. F. Fratianni
4. M. Akhtar
5. R. Coppola

Citations in the corpus

• Antimicrobial Properties of Plant Essential Oils against Human Pathogens and Their Mode of Action: An Updated Review (2016, background): “Furthermore, studies have shown the synergistic effect of any two or more ingredients of essential oils against various human pathogens [14, 15].”
• Essential Oils and Antifungal Activity (2017, background): “Antifungal Calamintha nepeta [6] Cananga odorata [18] Cicuta virosa [23] Citrus [24,25] Commiphora myrrha [18] Coriandrum sativum [18,24] Curcuma longa [16] Cymbopogon nardus [26] Eucalyptus [24,27] Hedychium spicatum [18] Hyssopus officinalis [13] Illicium verum [24] Lavandula angustifolia [13,24] ”