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The natural antimicrobial carvacrol inhibits Campylobacter jejuni motility and infection of epithelial cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
van Alphen Lieke B, Burt Sara A, Veenendaal Andreas K J, Bleumink-Pluym Nancy M C, van Putten Jos P M
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BACKGROUND: Natural compounds with anti-microbial properties are attractive reagents to reduce the use of conventional antibiotics. Carvacrol, the main constituent of oregano oil, inhibits the growth of a variety of bacterial foodborne pathogens. As concentrations of carvacrol may vary in vivo or when used in animal feed, we here investigated the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of the compound on major...
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