@article {Sienkiewicz:2011:1573-4064:674,
title = "Antibacterial Activity of Thyme and Lavender Essential Oils",
journal = "Medicinal Chemistry",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ben/mc",
publishercode ="ben",
year = "2011",
volume = "7",
number = "6",
publication date ="2011-11-01T00:00:00",
pages = "674-689",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1573-4064",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/mc/2011/00000007/00000006/art00017",
doi = "doi:10.2174/157340611797928488",
keyword = "thyme oil, Strong antiseptic activity, Enterococcus, microbial growth, Pseudomonas genera, Staphylococcus, multiresistant strains, lavender oil, Antibacterial activity, Escherichia",
author = "Sienkiewicz, Monika and Lysakowska, Monika and Ciecwierz, Julita and Denys, Pawel and Kowalczyk, Edward",
abstract = "Strong antiseptic activity of essential oils has been known for a long time. The antibacterial activity of oils was tested against clinical bacterial strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia and Pseudomonas genera. The agar diffusion method was used for microbial growth
inhibition at various concentrations of the oils from T. vulgaris and L. angustifolia. Susceptibility testing to antibiotics and chemotherapeutics was carried out using disc-diffusion method. 120 strains of bacteria isolated from patients with infections of oral cavity, respiratory, genitourinary
tracts and from hospital environment were investigated. The results of experiments showed that the oil from T. vulgaris exhibited extremely strong activity against all of the clinical strains. Thyme oil demonstrated a good efficacy against antibiotics resistant strains of the tested bacteria.
Lavender oil has been less activity against clinical strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus and Escherichia genus. The worst results have been observed against all strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
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}