Antimicrobial Potential of Essential Oils

Preface

Chapter 1. Mechanisms of Action and Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Essential Oils
(Katharina Marques Diniz, Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Fernanda Luizy Aguiar da Silva, Carla Bismarck Lopes, Sarah Romini de Lima Basto and Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford, Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)

Chapter 2. Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils in Aromatherapy Protocols
(Yago Queiroz dos Santos, Gabriella Silva Campos Carelli, Anderson Felipe Jácome de França, Clecia de Carvalho Marques, Marcia Vanusa da Silva, Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira, Ana Catarina de Souza Lopes and Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 3. Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics: Essential Oils as a Strategic Tool
(Jalcinês da Costa Pereira, Jackelly Felipe de Oliveira, Rádamis Barbosa Castor, Lucas Silva Brito, Samuel de Souza Soares, Maria Vanessa Pontes da Costa Espínola, Fernanda Pereira Santos, Bruno Oliveira de Veras and Krystyna Gorlach-Lira, Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Exact Sciences and Nature, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil)

Chapter 4. Essential Oil of the Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia): A Potent Antimicrobial
(Krystyna Gorlach-Lira, Maria Vanessa Pontes da Costa Espínola, Lucas Silva Brito, Fernanda Pereira Santos, Jackelly Felipe de Oliveira, Samuel de Souza Soares, Rádamis Barbosa Castor, Jalcinês da Costa Pereira and Bruno Veras de Oliveira, Department of Molecular Biology, Center of Exact Sciences and Nature, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil)

Chapter 5. Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils from Caatinga Plant Species
(José Rafael da Silva Araujo, Paulo Henrique Valença Nunes, Camila Marinho da Silva, Suyane de Deus e Melo, Marx Oliveira de Lima, Silvany de Sousa Araujo and Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 6. Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oil from Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry
(João Ricardhis Saturnino de Oliveiraa, Cristiane Marinho Uchôa Lopes, Rebeca Xavier da Cunha, Francisco Henrique da Silva, Bruno Oliveira de Veras, José Galberto Martins da Costa, Vera Cristina Oliveira de Carvalho and Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima, Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 7. Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from Species of Annona L.
(João Ricardhis Saturnino de Oliveira, Weber Melo Nascimento, Ana Paula Sant’Anna da Silvaa, Vera Cristina Oliveira de Carvalho, Bruno Oliveira de Veras, Bianka Santana dos Santos and Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima, Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 8. Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil from Xylopia Frutescens Aubl (Annonaceae)
(Amanda Virginia Barbosa, Bárbara de Azevedo Ramos, Milena Martins Correia da Silvb, Claudio Augusto Gomes da Camara, Rafael Artur Cavalcanti Queiroz de Sá, Francisco Henrique da Silva, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia and Marcia Vanusa da Silva, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and others)

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