Antimycobacterial Activity of Some Commercially Available Plant-Derived Essential Oils

Tuberculosis is part of a group of infectious diseases that together cause 90% of deaths worldwide [1]. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, infects approximately eight million new individuals per year and culminates in death every 10 seconds. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared tuberculosis a global health emergency, its treatment lasts too long, infected patients have limited access to...