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I've been in a pharmacy career for over 20 years. I want to see studies and proof of efficacy before trusting something works. That being said, I am providing links to studies here showing what I have found to be incontrovertible proof that some aromatherapy treatments may be beneficial to persons fighting MRSA with every weapon they can put in their arsenal.
My problem with many of these studies is they tell you it works but not where to get it or how to use it. They don't say if it's available commercially or if you have to grow exotic plants in your backyard or window box.
I will try to put links into categories. Maybe one for Studies. One for information on the plants or oils... and... maybe one for sources and/or practical uses if I find anything. I won't claim to have used anything before posting it. I'm not saying this stuff has already worked for me. I'm just saying we are looking at all the options. I'm saying that God created everything in this universe. I have to believe he created things that in their natural state may be used to their most potential.
Aromatherapy studies
Green-leaf-derived C6-aroma compounds with potent antibacterial action that act on both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shimane University, Shimane 690-8550, Japan.soichiro@edu.shimane-u.ac.jp
Nakamura S, Hatanaka A.
All eight C6-aliphatic alcohol and aldehyde compounds in naturally occurring green leaves showed bacteriostatic effects against Staphylococcus aureus IFO 12732, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Escherichia coli IFO 3301, E. coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enteritidis, with bacteriostatic activities of less than 12.5 microg mL(-1). In this study, the susceptibility of Gram-positive bacteria tested was observed to be greater than that of Gram-negative bacteria. The bactericidal action of the aldehyde compounds was found to be much stronger than that of the alcohol compounds under both liquid and gaseous conditions. The most effective compound was (3E)-hexenal at concentrations of 0.1 and 1 microg mL(-1), which killed 2.1 x 10(5) cfu mL(-1) of S. aureus IFO 12732 and 1.4 x 10(5) cfu mL(-1) of E. coli IFO 3301, respectively, by direct contact with the compound. Lethality of (3E)-hexenal against S. aureus IFO 12732 and E. coli IFO 3301 was also observed as a result of gaseous contact at concentrations of 3 and 30 microg mL(-1), respectively. The bactericidal effects of 30 microg mL(-1) (3E)-hexenal were thoroughly maintained throughout periods of 2 days and 1 day against S. aureus IFO 12732 and E. coli IFO 3301, respectively, by a complex formation with alpha-cyclodextrin.
[PMID: 12475283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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