Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague Essential Oil and Its Active Constituent, Thymol, against Vaginal Pathogens

• Main Authors: Mozhgan MehriArdestani (Author), Atousa Aliahmadi (Author), Tayebeh Toliat (Author), Abdolhossein Dalimi (Author), Zohreh Momeni (Author), Roja Rahimi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vaginal infections are one of the major reasons women visit a gynecologist. Increased re­sistance to conventional antibiotics is one of the main factors mitigating the development of new antimicrobial agents, especially those of natural origin. In traditional Persian medicine, Trachyspermum ammi has...