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Sorry for the bad copy... it's a PDF and I'm using a free Foxit version.
Bottom line: for staph (which quite a few of us get if we've been glutened) oregano water or tea can be effective in helping to clear it. Please see bolding that compares efficacy of water to tea.
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Antibacterial activity of oregano tea and a commercial oregano water
against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes 4b,
Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia enterocolitica 03.
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Murat Gülmez *, Nebahat Oral , Abamüslüm Güven , Leyla Vatansever , and Ethem Baz
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Food Hygiene and Technology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kafkas, 36200 Kars-
Turkey.
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Professional School of Higher Education, University of Kafkas, 36200 Kars-Turkey.
*Author for correspondence. Tel: 0474 2426801; Fax: 474 2426853; E-mail: mgulmez@kafkas.edu.tr
Abstract
The amtimicrobial effect of oregano tea (1/10, w/v, in distilled water), commercial oregano water, and ½
oregano water (1/1, commercial oregano water/distilled water, v/v) against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria
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monocytogenes 4b, Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia enterocolitica 03 after direct contact at 20 ±2 C for 1,
10, 30, and 60 min were comparatively evaluated. The Plate Count Agar was used for colony counts and the
content of each treatment tube was enriched in Brain Heart Infusion broth after the 60 min direct contact period.
All the four pathogens in oregano water and ½ oregano water decreased to uncountable level (1 CFU/ml) in one
min. No growth has also occured in enrichments. Oregano tea was less effective than the oregano waters after 1
min, but counts of E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes 4b, S. aureus and Y. enterocolitica 03 decrease to
uncountable level after 60, 60, 10, and 10 min treatment periods, respectively. All the four test pathogens
demonstrated grow ability in enrichment broth after a 60 min treatment period in oregano tea. E. coli O157:H7
appeared to be the most resistant pathogen followed by L. monocytogenes 4b, S. aureus and Y. enterocolitica,
respectively. The use of water extracts or hydrosol of oregano for the decontamination or disinfection in food
safety strategies should be evaluated in comparison with other natural antimicrobial spices.
Keywords: Antibacterial, oregano, pathogen.
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