Description
Book SynopsisInstead of relying on prescription medications with numerous dangerous side effects, what if you could opt for a safer, natural alternative to address your health concerns? Medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes have been used for many years. The antimicrobial activity of essential oils and their major constituents has been widely documented by several works, however, in a fragmented way. Based on this premise, this book is designed to provide an overview of current knowledge about the antimicrobial properties of essential oils and their mechanisms of action, either alone or in combination, as a possible tool for obtaining new antibiotics.
Table of ContentsPreface; Mechanisms of Action, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Essential Oils; Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils in Aromatherapy Protocols; Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics: Essential Oils as a Strategic Tool; Essential Oil of the Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia): A Potent Antimicrobial; Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils from Caatinga Plant Species; Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oil from Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry; Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from Species of Annona L.; Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil from Xylopia Frutescens Aubl (Annonaceae); Index.
