Efficacy Of Tea Tree Oil

Modern-day advances have allowed scientists to develop methods to control pathogens. The more common methods include the use of antiseptics, antibiotics, and vaccines. By definition, antiseptics are chemicals used to kill pathogens. A few widespread antiseptics include soap, vinegar, and rubbing alcohol. Antiseptics are primarily used for the external destruction of pathogens, while antibiotics and vaccines target internal pathogens. Nevertheless, there are and can be difficulties concerning the use of antibiotics. “As antibiotic use has become more common, antibiotic-resistant bacteria have evolved.” This resistance due to evolution is called antibiotic resistance. It results in the antibiotics having no effect whatsoever on the bacteria, rendering the antibiotics useless. When antibiotic resistance occurs, scientists must resume their search to create a new medicine to can kill the mutant bacteria.

All anti-infection agents utilized as a part of human treatment since the beginning of the anti-infection agents time in the mid 1900s can be partitioned into three unmistakable classifications as indicated by how they were eventually produced on substantial scale. These arrangements take after. Natural products: mixes made specifically by huge scale aging of microscopic organisms or parasites. Semi-synthetic antibacterial: compounds manufactured by chemical synthesis using as starting material a natural product. Fully synthetic antibacterial: exacerbates that are fabricated by completely manufactured courses (Wright, Seiple, and Myers, 2014).

Manuka honey was a potential treatment because it is hypertonic from its sugar content and is seen as an alternative medicine with having anti-bacterial qualities. According to Balick, there are small amounts of non-peroxide within the honey that can heal infected wounds, however there is little research on Manuka honey's antibacterial properties when it has been ingested (Balick,

Is honey effective in reducing acute cough symptoms due to upper respiratory tract infections in

Manuka honey is effective against certain biofilms but its effect on polymicrobial biofilms requires further research. Low sugar concentrations support microbial growth therefore it was found that high

From the results, it is clear that all of the honeys had a large antimicrobial effect on the culture of E.coli, much more so than the other cultures of bacteria. Their effects on Straphylococcus aureus should also be noted. It is obvious that the clear honey had a negligible antimicrobial effect on all bacterium tested, excepting the E.coli colony. This was to be expected; however, as clear honey lacks the enzymes to create the non-peroxide antimicrobial effects, caused by methylglyoxal, which is present in manuka honey. Therefore as the varying types of honey were most effective on the E.coli culture, it was selected for the main experiment.

Norrby, S. R., Nord, C. E., & Finch, R. (2005). Lack of development of new antimicrobial drugs:

Essential oils rich in terpenoids have been found to inhibit the growth of Candida albicans (one of the major pathogens infecting humans today) (Raut & Karuppayil, 2014, p. 256)

The specific honey ‘blend’ used in the Medihoney™ antibacterial honey has been developed to maximize honey’s potential to heal.

Antibiotics are used by millions of people every day, myself included. Their uses include a wide variety of circumstances like treating common colds or battling infections during surgeries. The versatility of the antibiotic also happens to be its greatest downfall. The overuse and misuse of these medications, as well as a lack of new drug development by the pharmaceutical industry contributes to the rapid growth of antibiotic resistance. The emergence of resistant bacteria occurring worldwide, endangers the efficacy of antibiotics. While the effects of these resistant bacteria may seem small, in 25 to 50 years the outcome could result in a “post-antibiotic era.” Moreover, many farmers and agriculturists advocate for the use of antibiotics

The overuse of antibiotics has been a problem for well over a decade. This misuse leads to many nonvisible problems arising within the human population. As the use of antibiotics increases, the number of antibiotic resistant bacteria also increases. When bacteria become resistant to an antibiotic, another antibiotic must be used to try and kill it and the cycle becomes vicious. Michael Martin, Sapna Thottathil, and Thomas Newman stated that antimicrobial resistance is, “an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society” (2409).

While we have made tremendous advancement in various fields of therapeutics, the triumph of Fleming’s discovery of penicillin is fading away with the rise of antibiotic resistance; we are pushing ourselves back into the pre-antibiotic era. In the United States 2 million people get infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria and 23,000 die each year as a result (CDC). The picture is grimmer in the developing world. This project was initiated to study a new avenue in the search of novel antimicrobials against bacteria.

Recently, many antimicrobial resistant organisms have emerged. These microbes have become less treatable with current medications and make it difficult to prevent or treat infections in patients. Higher doses of medicine are used, but may lead to drastic side effects. Staphylococcus aureus has recently developed resistances to multiple drugs, including penicillin, methicillin, tetracyclin, and even vancomycin. The World Health Organization reported in April 2014 that drug resistant microorganisms are “…no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now…” New drugs are required to treat patients with these drug resistant infections.

Investigation of the anti-bacterial properties of the herbal remedies, tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil

The objective of the study was to compare the synergistic antibacterial activity of Ciprofloxacin (CF) in presence of selected ethanolic herbal extracts and cow urine distillate. In this study antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of pepper (P), turmeric (T), zinger (Z), drumstick (D) and Cow urine distillate (CUD) were tested against ATCC strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia and clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E-coli by cup plate diffusion method. Results showed that the test samples did not show any antimicrobial activity alone. However in combination with drug showed significant activity. Amongst the test samples combination of CF and P, CF and CUD, CF and Z and CF and T showed 5 to 50% increase activity when compared to the control. Further, tablets produced in combination with drug and test samples showed increased antimicrobial efficiency than the CF drug alone. Further, no drug excipient interaction was recorded. It can be concluded that ethanolic extracts of P, T, Z and CUD acts as bio-enhancers and use of such bioenhancers along with drug could improve the efficiency and can minimize the dose related adverse effects. Bioenhancer activity order found in Pepper > CUD > Turmeric > Zinger. All bioenhancer are more active in Klebsilla pneumonae than Escherichia coli, staphylococcus areus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.