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Origanum virens is widely used in Portuguese cuisine. Spices are common food adjuncts, which have been used as flavoring, seasoning, and coloring agents and sometimes as preservatives throughout the world for years. Many spices have been recognized to have medicinal properties and possess many beneficial
effects on health, such as antioxidant activity, digestive stimulant action, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic, anticarcinogenic potential. Although it is use as food condiment, it is also used in traditional medicine as antiseptic.
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Keywords
Origanum virens Antioxidan activity Antifungal activity Physico-chemical characterization
Citation
Soares, M.O., Vinha, A.F., Coutinho, F., Lima, R., Catarino, P.P. 2011. Origanum virens endemic from Portugal: a novel antifungal activity with antioxidant capacity. Abstract in Annals of Nutriton & Metabolism (11th European Nutrition Conference -FENS), 58, supl. 3, p. 165. doi: 10.1159/000334393.
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Karger AG