Microscopic Droplet Size Analysis (MDSA) of "Five Thieves' Oil" (Olejek Pieciu Zlodziei) Essential Oil after the Nebulization Process.

ABSTRACT: Nowadays, due to a higher resistance to drugs, antibiotics, and antiviral medicaments, new ways of fighting pathogens are intensively studied. The alternatives for synthesized compositions are natural products, most of which have been known in natural medicine for a long time. One of the best-known and intensively investigated groups are essential oils (EOs) and their compositions. However, it is worth noting that the method of application can play a second crucial part in the effectiveness of the antimicrobial activity. EOs possess various natural compounds which exhibit antimicrobial activity. One of the compositions which is based on the five main ingredients of eucalyptus, cinnamon, clove, rosemary, and lemon is named "five thieves' oil" (Polish name: olejek pięciu złodziei) (5TO) and

SUBMITTER: Smulek W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10254134 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature