Aspectos botânicos, fitoquímicos e antimicrobianos de Thymus vulgaris: uma breve revisão de literatura.

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Botanical, phytochemical and antimicrobial aspects of Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae): a brief review of literature Aspectos botânicos, fitoquímicos e antimicrobianos de Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae): uma breve revisão de literatura RODRIGUES, Ana Caroline (1); ALENCAR, Aléxia Araújo (2) ; MEDEIROS, Jéssika Paiva (3) ; SOUZA, Lara Danúbia Galvão de (4) ; ALENCAR, Josilanny Araújo de Souza (5) ; FILHO, Abrahão Alves de Oliveira (6)

Antibacterial Potential of Chitosan Scaffolds Incorporated with Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils against Escherichia coli

“…Thymus vulgaris L., popularly known as thyme, belonging to the Lamiaceae family, is an aromatic medicinal herb widely used in the food industry as a spice and which has phenolic compounds such as thymol, carvacrol and p-cymene [17]. Similar to thyme, Origanum vulgare L., popularly known as oregano, also belongs to the Lamiaceae family and has numerous bioactive pharmacological substances with therapeutic potential [18].…”

“…Chitosan is often known to be a biopolymer with promising activities in the production of biomaterials with biomedical properties, and it has considerable antimicrobial action [19]. One of the main mechanisms justifying chitosan's antimicrobial action is its ability to interact with microbial DNA, whereby the hydrolysis products of its molecule affect protein synthesis rather than inhibiting messenger RNA [17], [19], [24].…”