Antifungal activity of endemic Origanum virens from Portugal

• Autor(es): Soares, M.O. ; Ferreira da Vinha, Ana ; Lima, R.P. ; Coutinho, F. ; Catarino, P.
• Data: 2011
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9831
• Origem: Repositório Institucional - Universidade Fernando Pessoa
• Assunto(s): Origanum virens; Food condiment; Antiseptic; Essential oil; Antifungal activity
• Tipo de Documento: Objeto de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório Institucional da Fernando Pessoa

Descrição

Origanum virens is widely used in Portuguese, and Mediterranem, cuizin. Althout it is use as food condiment, it is also used in traditional medicin as antiseptic. The antifungal activity of Origanum virens essential oil on Candida albicans ATCC 10231 and physicchemical characterization of several extracts were evaluated.