Efficacy of Origanum essential oils for inhibition of potentially pathogenic fungi

This study aimed to assess the efficacy of O. vulgare L. and O. majorana L. essential oil in inhibiting the growth and survival of potentially pathogenic fungal strains and also sought to evaluate the possible mechanisms involved in the establishment of the antifungal property of the tested essentia...

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Main Authors: Nadábia Almeida B Souza, Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima, Diego Nunes Guedes, Fillipe de Oliveira Pereira, Evandro Leite de Souza, Frederico Barbosa de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000300013