Essential Oils As Alternative Solution to Kill Superbugs
Written by WTJ on April 4, 2010 – 8:09 pm -
Professor Yiannis Samaras and Dr Effimia Eriotou, from Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands, Greece, presented their research about essential oils as cheaper and effective alternative to kill hospital superbugs in Society for General Microbiology’s spring meeting in Edinburgh that.
Superbugs are drug-resistant bacteria. The researchers tested the antimicrobial activities of eight different plant essential oils, and they found that thyme essential oil is the most effective, followed by cinnamon. Thyme essential oil was able to kill almost all bacteria, in particular Staphylococcus species, within an hour time. Infection caused by drug-resistant bacteria, such as meticillin-resistant Straphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is hard to treat.
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May 1st, 2010 at 6:26 pm
i have several aromatherapy candles at home and they can really soothe my stressed body.”;~
May 14th, 2010 at 12:30 am
I use essential oils when doing aromatherapy. Essential oils are very soothing.’,;
August 11th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
what i like aromatherapy is the scent which is booth soothing and enjoyable “