Formulations of essential oils obtained from plants traditionally used as condiments or traditional medicine active against Staphylococcus aureus isolated from dairy cows with mastitis

• Published in: Letters in applied microbiology Vol. 76; no. 3
• Main Authors: Albuquerque, Kamylla Rafaella Sena, Purgato, Gislaine Aparecida, Píccolo, Mayra Soares, Rodrigues, Fábio Feres, Pizziolo, Virgínia Ramos, Muñoz, Gaspar Diaz, Rossi, Ciro César, Diaz, Marisa Alves Nogueira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology; Cattle; Cefoperazone - therapeutic use; Condiments; Female; Humans; Mastitis, Bovine - drug therapy; Mastitis, Bovine - microbiology; Medicine, Traditional; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Oils, Volatile - pharmacology; Plants; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus; natural compounds; antimicrobial activity; essential oil; formulations; bovine mastitis; natural medicine

The prophylactic and therapeutic overuse of antimicrobials on the farm has contributed to the emergence of hard-to-fight bacterial strains causing bovine mastitis. Aiming at alternative therapies, this study evaluated the antimicrobial activity of 20 essential oils against clinical Staphylococcus au...