In vitro antibacterial effects of Cinnamomum extracts on common bacteria found in wound infections with emphasis on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Authors: Buru, Ayuba Sunday, Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao, Neela, Vasanthakumari, Mohandas, Kavitha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38000/1/In%20vitro%20antibacterial%20effects%20of%20Cinnamomum%20extracts%20on%20common%20bacteria%20found%20in%20wound%20infections%20with%20emphasis%20on%20methicillin-resistant%20Staphylococcus%20aureus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38000/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874114001573

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Cinnamomum species have been widely used in many traditional systems of medicine around the world. In the Malaysian traditional system of medicine, the leaves, stem bark and stem wood of Cinnamomum iners, Cinnamomum porrectum, Cinnamomum altissimum and Cinnamomum impr...