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Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) is an aromatic plant that belongs to the Lamiaceae family and grows in temperate climates.
The genus Origanum includes many species having different chemical and morphological composition.
Oregano has been used as a condiment and food flavour enhancer since ancient Greece.
In traditional medicine oregano has been used for coughing, asthma, bronchitis, indigestion and diarrhea.
Today it is used in the food (salads, pizza, meat fish sauces, sauces), cosmetics (refreshing baths) and medical (antiseptic, expectorant, tonic) sectors.
Oregano is used to make an essential oil containing carvacrol and thymol, two phenolic monoterpenes with antimicrobial, antioxidant (1), antibacterial (2) and antifungal (3) properties.
Oregano contains a good amount of rosmarinic acid, 14.62 mg/g, which has neuroprotective and anti-atherosclerosis activity (4).
The species Origanum has as subspecies:
Other best-known Origanum species:
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(1) Screening chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils from Origanum syriacum L. growing in Turkey. Alma M, Mavi A, Yildirim A, Digrak M, Hirata T. Biol Pharm Bull. 2003 Dec;26(12):1725-9.
(2) Antibacterial activity and composition of essential oils from Origanum, Thymbra and Satureja species with commercial importance in Turkey Baydar H, Sagdic O, Ozkan G, Karadogan T. doi.org/10.1016/S0956-7135(03)00028-8
(3) Chemical composition and antifungal activity of the essential oil of Origanum virens on Candida species. Salgueiro LR, Cavaleiro C, Pinto E, Pina-Vaz C, Rodrigues AG, Palmeira A, Tavares C, Costa-de-Oliveira S, Gonçalves MJ, Martinez-de-Oliveira J. Planta Med. 2003 Sep;69(9):871-4.
(4) Recent studies on rosmarinic acid and its biological and pharmacological activities. Al-Dhabi NA, Arasu MV, Park CH, Park SU. EXCLI J. 2014 Oct 30;13:1192-5. eCollection 2014.
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