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| Title |
Comparison of the antibacterial activity of essential oils and extracts of medicinal and culinary herbs to investigate potential new treatments for irritable bowel syndrome
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| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-338 |
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| Authors |
Aiysha Thompson, Dilruba Meah, Nadia Ahmed, Rebecca Conniff-Jenkins, Emma Chileshe, Chris O Phillips, Tim C Claypole, Dan W Forman, Paula E Row |
| Abstract |
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder, which may result from alteration of the gastrointestinal microbiota following gastrointestinal infection, or with intestinal dysbiosis or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. This may be treated with antibiotics, but there is concern that widespread antibiotic use might lead to antibiotic resistance. Some herbal medicines have been shown to be beneficial, but their mechanism(s) of action remain incompletely understood. To try to understand whether antibacterial properties might be involved in the efficacy of these herbal medicines, and to investigate potential new treatments for IBS, we have conducted a preliminary study in vitro to compare the antibacterial activity of the essential oils of culinary and medicinal herbs against the bacterium, Esherichia coli. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4 | 19% |
| United States | 4 | 19% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 86% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 240 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 236 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 13% |
| Researcher | 26 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 25 | 10% |
| Unknown | 59 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 35 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 38 | 16% |
| Unknown | 65 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 68. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 December 2022.
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#73
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