Re: Re: BBC News: Aromatherapy oils 'kill superbug'

[Guest guest]

Re: BBC News: Aromatherapy oils 'kill

superbug'

The key is -cidal or -static. -cidal, maybe if neat for a long period....

AND

what is the source of the oils?

Was the researcher on site for the oil distillation/extraction (eg: no

stabilizers added by the supplier? Any tampering along the way?). Did they

use

multiple sources of oil (vendors)? We need to see the test protocol, and

source

of oil.

IMHO, my experience leads me to think that the oils are not -cidal, if so,

there

may have been a preservative added to the oils.

-= ß =-

The research was done with my husband, a biochemistry Professor at

Northwestern University in ton, Il. I received the oregano and thyme

from Laurel Garret who has an excellent reputation. She was more skilled

than I in rating the quality of oils. I am pretty sure that they were not

adulterated.

The language of the paper is in strict scientific format. I will say that my

husband insured the quality of the project and the written format. I am

indeed not so clever. One of the final results that we write is that :Unable

to say if one component or several components in the essential oil samples

are bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal. More sophisticated experiments would be

able to determine which. " We further indicated that GC analysis and

isolation and growth tests of the individual components would be necesary.

That would indicate whether any individual component or whether the total of

components was responsible.

Needless to say we did not go any further.That was as scientific as I was

willing to be. My practice of aromatherapy is involved with Quality of Life

and Sensory Stimulation programs for hospitals, nursing homes, developmental

sites, private physicians, psychologists. From this you can see that I am

more of a humanist than a scientist.

Regards, Trudy

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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:41:49 -0600, " Welker Trudy " wrote:

> The research was done with my husband, a biochemistry Professor at

> Northwestern University in ton, Il.

I'm sorry, but I'm confused. I was replying about the research done at the

University of Manchester. I assumed, maybe wrongly, that it was the

" Manchester " in England, as this was published on a UK site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4116053.stm

I just re-read more carefully, and do note the comment:

Dr Warn, who carried out the research, said: " When I tested the oils in

the lab, absolutely nothing grew. Rather than stimulating bacteria and fungi,

the oils killed them off. "

Well, that was my point. It is known and documented that naturals and perfume

oil can be blended to be bacteriostatic, but once the oil is removed, the

organisms come back. IF, in fact it was bacteriocidal, once you remove the oil,

the organism should NOT come back, as it has been killed, and is not dormant or

in it's " shell " .

This fact gave rise to Detol, Lysol, Pinesol, and many others. Albeit, Lysol and

some others have one or more " re-inforcer " . These offer range into the phenol

family.

The concurrent use is in a washable media, (emulsion), that will then " wash " off

the organisms off the surface (floor or skin), so as to temporarily create an

organism free environment. It is free because of the washing, NOT because they

were killed. AFAIK, hexachlorophene was the only safe material that could be

used extensively for that purpose in conjunction with perfumer oils, and

detergent wash media. D-11, was banned due to an unfortunate compoundind

accident in a market product in Europe. It was then rightly placed on a " by "

prescription and hospital / clinic use only.

Please let me know if in fact the BBC article refers to your, or your husband's

research, and which University - I did find the " Christie Hospital " in

Manchester, GB.

TIA,

-= ßaude, R.Ph. =-

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[Guest guest]

Please let me know if in fact the BBC article refers to your, or your

husband's

research, and which University - I did find the " Christie Hospital " in

Manchester, GB.

TIA,

I simply was referring to the research paper that I did for my

course.

Trudy

-= ßaude, R.Ph. =-

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[Guest guest]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:21:33 -0600, you wrote:

> I simply was referring to the research paper that I did for my

> course.

> Trudy

Oh!?

Never mind.

-= ß =-

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