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Volume 3 Issue 2, 2010
Asian Journal of Biological Sciences
Year: 2010 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 92-98
DOI:
10.3923/ajbs.2010.92.98
Antimicrobial Effects of Essential Oils against Uropathogens with Varying Sensitivity to Antibiotics
Tripti
Malik
and
Padma
Singh
Abstract:
In the present study, the antimicrobial activity of five essential oils namely, basil, chamomile, geranium, lemongrass and thuja were determined against microorganisms isolated from patients having urinary tact infections. The inhibitory effect was evaluated for antibiotic sensitive and resistant bacterial urinary isolates and yeast isolate (
Candida albicans
). Geranium oil exhibited antimicrobial activity against all the isolates, highest diameter of inhibition zone was observed against
Klebsiella pneumoniae
and
Staphylococcus aureus
isolates. The lowest values of minimum inhibitory concentrations were determined for geranium oil against
S. aureus
(8.96 mg mL
-1
),
Proteus mirabilis
(17.92 mg mL
-1
),
K. pneumoniae
(35.88 mg mL
-1
) and
P. aeruginosa
(35.88 mg mL
-1
). Geranium essential oil also exhibited a strong bactericidal activity against the uropathogens, hence presents a preliminary justification for its therapeutic use for urinary tract infections.
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