Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Butch Owen <butchbsi Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:02:16 -0700 Oregano and Pathogens From the Knoxville News-Sentinel. (Extracted by me) A report of a study done at University of Tenn at Knoxville. A skeptical PhD looked at the ability of essential oils to control pathogens. She reran the tests several times because it wasn't at all what she expected or wanted to believe. Marinated fresh fish in eo's of angelica, basil, carrot, celery, cardamom, coriander, dill weed, fennel, oregano, parsley, rosemary. She checked for 9 food-borne microbes (which I will not spell out.) Oregano EO killed ALLL pathogens followed by coriander and basil. Anise Seed oil was effective against molds but did little against various bacteria, " .. a second study...found eo of Black Cumin (Nigella satica) moderately effective at limiting the growth of those microbes. Meats marinated 40 minutes showed the same reduction in HCA's (high cooking temp carcinogenics) that 2-day marination showed. The professor is busy trying to return " a tremendous number of calls " from seasoning companies. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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