喜馬拉雅牛至對MRSA有效

Himalayan oregano is just common Origanum vulgare growing in the Himalayas.喜馬拉雅牛至只是喜馬拉雅山中常見的牛至。 A team comprising researchers from a UK university and members of local businesses and an NGO in India has discovered that the essential oil of Himalayan oregano has strong antibacterial properties and even kills the hospital superbug MRSA.由英國大學的研究人員，當地企業的成員和印度的一個非政府組織組成的團隊發現，喜馬拉雅牛至的精油具有很強的抗菌性能，甚至可以殺死醫院的超級細菌MRSA。 They hope these findings will lead to the development of handsoaps and surface disinfectants in hospitals and other healthcare settings.他們希望這些發現將導致醫院和其他醫療機構中洗手液和表面消毒劑的開發。 Scientists already knew that Mediterranean oregano oil was a powerful antimicrobial, because of an essential compound called carvacol.科學家已經知道，由於一種稱為香芹酚的必不可少的化合物，地中海牛至油是一種強大的抗菌劑。 But nobody had tested the Himalayan oregano oil before, said Ben Heron from Biolaya Organics, so they teamed up with SGS who run a lab in Delhi and found it contained as much carvacol as the Mediterranean one.但是，Biolaya Organics的Ben Heron說，以前沒有人測試過喜馬拉雅牛至油，因此他們與SGS合作，後者在德里經營一個實驗室，發現其中的香芹酚含量與地中海一樣高。