title: [Antibacterial activity of thymol, carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde alone or in combination].
abstract: The antimicrobial activity of thymol, carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde was tested by several methods on bacteria involved in upper respiratory tract infections. Their combinations were investigated too. The broad spectrum of activity and the synergistic effect observed with some combinations (specially thymol and carvacrol) could allowed the use of the three compounds alone or, like thymol an carvacrol, combined during the treatment of respiratory infections.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoires de Pharmacognosie, Faculté des Sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques, Lille, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Didry
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubreuil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinkas
mesh_terms: D000171:Acrolein / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D000081007:Cymenes; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D039821:Monoterpenes; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013943:Thymol / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000081007:Cymenes; D004338:Drug Combinations; D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D013943:Thymol; D000171:Acrolein; C073316:carvacrol; C012843:cinnamaldehyde
vernacular_title: Activité antibactérienne du thymol, du carvacrol et de l'aldéhyde cinnamique seuls ou associés.