(386) Evaluation of the biocidal activity of Origanum vulgare L. essential oil in nanoemulsion

Natural compounds from plants could replace or support chemically synthetic biocides in reducing the number of pathogenic microorganisms under defined conditions¹. In particular, Essential Oils (EOs) have attracted increased interest due to their biocompatible, rather innocuous nature and interesting antimicrobial properties². In this work, the efficacy of both negatively and positively charged lipid-based nanoemulsions (NEs) of Origanum vulgare L. (OEO) and its main component carvacrol (CAR), was determined against C. albicans.