Essential oils as anti-protozoal agents

• Main Authors: Mojica, Elmer-Rico E., Deocaris, Custer C., Endriga, Marla A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Aromatherapy; Essences and essential oils—Therapeutic use; Acanthamoeba; Antiprotozoal agents; Biochemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5455
• Institution: De La Salle University

The anti-protozoal effects of essential oils were examined using microplate-based in-vitro bioassays on axenically cultured trophozoites of Acanthamoeba sp. (a keratitis-causing amoeba) and Tetrahymena pyriformis (a test organism for cytotoxicity). Essential oils were extracted by steam distillation...