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International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences
Volume 4, Issue 12, 2016, Page No: 1-6
doi.org/10.20431/2349-0365.0412001

The Antibacterial Effect of Plant-Based Essential Oils

Marcos Flores-Encarnacion*1, Rosa Maria Nava-Nolazco1, Ricardo Carreno-Lopez2, German Ruben Aguilar-Gutierrez3, Silvia del Carmen Garcia-Garcia2, Carlos Cabrera-Maldonado4

1. Laboratorio de Microbiologia Molecular y Celular. Edificio EM1-421. Biomedicina. Facultad de Medicina, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla. Mexico.
2. Centro de Investigaciones Microbiologicas. Instituto de Ciencias. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla. Mexico.
3. Centro de Investigacion sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas. Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico.
4. Depto. de Microbiologia. Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla. Mexico.

Citation : Marcos Flores-Encarnacion*, Rosa Maria Nava-Nolazco, The Antibacterial Effect of Plant-Based Essential Oils International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 2016,4(12) : 1-6.

Abstract

One of the advantages of using esential oils as an alternative therapeutic is that it has a wide range of antimicrobial activity. Essential oils of plants are composed of a mixture of aldehydes, alcohols, terpenoids and other compounds. Also currently the plant products have found wide application as alternatives to conventional therapy and food preservation. The essential oils are substances obtained from plant materials as flowers, leaves, fruits, branches, seeds, bark by different methods. The essential oils are secondary metabolites produced by plants in order to provide a defense function or attraction. Its range of action extends to both Gram negative as Gram positive bacteria and the antibacterial mechanisms are varied.


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