Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis. The World Health Organization has estimated that 8 million of people develop active TB every year and the situation is complicated by an increase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to drugs used in antitubercular thera...

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Autores principales: Zanetti, Stefania, Cannas, Sara, Molicotti, Paola, Bua, Alessandra, Cubeddu, Marina, Porcedda, Silvia, Marongiu, Bruno, Sechi, Leonardo Antonio
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20706606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/931530
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author Zanetti, Stefania
Cannas, Sara
Molicotti, Paola
Bua, Alessandra
Cubeddu, Marina
Porcedda, Silvia
Marongiu, Bruno
Sechi, Leonardo Antonio
author_facet Zanetti, Stefania
Cannas, Sara
Molicotti, Paola
Bua, Alessandra
Cubeddu, Marina
Porcedda, Silvia
Marongiu, Bruno
Sechi, Leonardo Antonio
author_sort Zanetti, Stefania
collection PubMed
description Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis. The World Health Organization has estimated that 8 million of people develop active TB every year and the situation is complicated by an increase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to drugs used in antitubercular therapy: MDR and XDR-TB. Myrtle leaf extracts, used as an antiseptic in Sardinian traditional medicine, have strong antibacterial activity as several investigations showed. In this study we investigated the antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of Myrtus communis against clinical strains of M. tuberculosis and M. paratuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-29142672010-08-12 Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp. Zanetti, Stefania Cannas, Sara Molicotti, Paola Bua, Alessandra Cubeddu, Marina Porcedda, Silvia Marongiu, Bruno Sechi, Leonardo Antonio Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Research Article Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis. The World Health Organization has estimated that 8 million of people develop active TB every year and the situation is complicated by an increase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to drugs used in antitubercular therapy: MDR and XDR-TB. Myrtle leaf extracts, used as an antiseptic in Sardinian traditional medicine, have strong antibacterial activity as several investigations showed. In this study we investigated the antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of Myrtus communis against clinical strains of M. tuberculosis and M. paratuberculosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2914267/ /pubmed/20706606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/931530 Text en Copyright © 2010 Stefania Zanetti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Zanetti, Stefania
Cannas, Sara
Molicotti, Paola
Bua, Alessandra
Cubeddu, Marina
Porcedda, Silvia
Marongiu, Bruno
Sechi, Leonardo Antonio
Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title_full Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title_fullStr Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title_short Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
title_sort evaluation of the antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of myrtus communis l. against clinical strains of mycobacterium spp.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20706606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/931530
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