喜马拉雅牛至对MRSA有效

Himalayan oregano is just common Origanum vulgare growing in the Himalayas.喜马拉雅牛至只是喜马拉雅山中常见的牛至。 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.由英国大学的研究人员，当地企业的成员和印度的一个非政府组织组成的团队发现，喜马拉雅牛至的精油具有很强的抗菌性能，甚至可以杀死医院的超级细菌MRSA。 They hope these findings will lead to the development of handsoaps and surface disinfectants in hospitals and other healthcare settings.他们希望这些发现将导致医院和其他医疗机构中洗手液和表面消毒剂的开发。 Scientists already knew that Mediterranean oregano oil was a powerful antimicrobial, because of an essential compound called carvacol.科学家已经知道，由于一种称为香芹酚的必不可少的化合物，地中海牛至油是一种强大的抗菌剂。 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说，以前没有人测试过喜马拉雅牛至油，因此他们与SGS合作，后者在德里经营一个实验室，发现其中的香芹酚含量与地中海一样高。