Title | Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Greek plants: applications and therapeutic uses | |
Authors | Helen Kintziou¹, Efrossini Chinou² and Ioanna B. Chinou³
1. Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, Egaleo, Athens, Greece 2. Laboratory of Microbiology, Anticancer Hospital of Athens Ag. Savvas, 171 Alexandras Ave., Athens 155 22, Greece 3. University of Athens, School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacognosy, University Campus Zografou, Athens GR-157 71 |
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Citation | Kintziou, H., Chinou, E., Chinou, I.B.: Antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Greek plants: applications and therapeutic uses, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 15(1): 15-20 (2001) | |
Publication Date | Received for publication: 20 October 2000
Accepted for publication: 1 November 2000 |
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Full Text Language | English | |
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Keywords | Essential oils, antimicrobial activities, Greek plants, cistus, origanum, tordylium, salvia, lamium, helicrysum, phlomis, thymus, stachys, pistacia. | |
Other Terms | review article | |
Summary | This paper reviews the literature on recent antimicrobial activities of essentials oils from Greek plants. The review includes accounts of extracts, essential oils and active principles isolated from plants that have been used in folk medicine as antimicrobial agents. The name and part of the plants studied, the spectrum of activity, type of active compounds and methods used are discussed, as well as their possible mechanisms of action. | |
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