The mode of antimicrobial action of the essential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil)
By S. Cox, C. Mann, J. Markham, H. Bell, J. Gustafson, J. Warmington, S. Wyllie. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2000
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Subfields: Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry
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- Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and their components against the three major pathogens of the cultivated button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus (2006, neutral): “Also respiratory enzymes were inhibited (Cox et al., 2000).”
- Study on the Potential Use of Essential Oils for Decay Control and Quality Preservation of Tabarzeh Table Grape (2010, background): “A lipophilic property of essential oils affect their antifungal activity via their ability to penetrate to cell wall and affects the enzymes responsible in wall synthesis reactions, therefore they altered the morphological characters of fungi (Cox et al. 2000; Rasooli et al. 2006).”
- Functional Gold Nanoparticles as Potent Antimicrobial Agents against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria (2014, background): “trate bacterial cells with compromised membrane and binds nucleic acids, with a concomitant enhancement of red fluorescence.(31,32) Uropathogens, E.”
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- Mechanism of Action of Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Oil on Staphylococcus aureus Determined by Time-Kill, Lysis, Leakage, and Salt Tolerance Assays and Electron Microscopy (2002, background): “aureus induces the loss of potassium ions, inhibits respiration, and promotes the uptake of propidium iodide (13).”
- Effect of Monoterpenes on Lipid Composition and Sclerotial Development of Sclerotium cepivorum Berk. (2006, background): “They may alter the cell membrane structure (Cox et al., 2000) with a probable increase of reactive oxygen species, such as hydroxyl, alkoxyl and alkoperoxyl radicals.”