Chengjie Shu, Ling Ge, Zhuohang Li, Bin Chen, Shengliang Liao, Lu Lu, Qinlin Wu, Xinyi Jiang, Yuhan An, Zongde Wang, Man Qu
Background: Plant essential oils have long been regarded as repositories of antimicrobial agents. In recent years, they have emerged as potential alternatives or supplements to antimicrobial drugs. Although literature reviews and previous studies have indicated that cinnamon essential oil (CIEO) and its major component, cinnamaldehyde (CID), possess potent antibacterial activities, their antibacterial mechanisms, especially the in vivo antibacterial mechanisms, remain elusive. Methods: In this study, we utilized the in vivo assessment system of Caenorhabditis elegans ( C...
2024: Frontiers in Pharmacology