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Effects of Origanum vulgare essential oil and its two main components, carvacrol and thymol, on a plant pathogen

Hou, H., Zhang, X., Zhao, T. and Zhou, L. · PeerJ · 2020

Preclinical

Abstract

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) essential oil and its main components carvacrol and thymol showed strong antimicrobial activity by damaging microbial cell membranes, characterising the antimicrobial mechanism of oregano oil.

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How to cite

Hou, H., Zhang, X., Zhao, T. and Zhou, L (2020) 'Effects of Origanum vulgare essential oil and its two main components, carvacrol and thymol, on a plant pathogen', PeerJ, 8, pp. e9626. doi:10.7717/peerj.9626

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