Lippia origanoides

Lippia micromera var. helleri (Britton) Moldenke Lippia origanoides HBK Lippia palmeri var. spicata Rose Lippia palmeri Wats. 

A number of papers have demonstrated the in vitro effects of various essential oils against meth-icillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), for example, Lippia origanoides (Dos Santos et al, 2004), Backhousia citriodora (Hayes and Markovic, 2002), M. piperita, M. arvensis and Mentha spicata (Imai et al., 2001), and M. alternifolia (Carson et al., 1995). There have been no trials involving the use of essential oils to combat active MRSA infections, although there have been two studies involving the use of tea tree oil as a topical decolonization agent for MRSA carriers. 

Citrus sinensis Cymbopogon cUratus Eucalyptus camaldulensis E. citriodom Lippia alba L origanoides Carum carvi Monardafistulosa Myristicafragrans Santalum album Thujopsis dolabrata Armona crass ora... 

The essential oils of numerous Lippia species have been reported to have highly variable compositions Nevertheless, Lippia species (e.g., L. graveolens and L. origanoides H. B. K.) known to be used as sources of oregano contain / -cymene, 1,8-cineole, thymol, and/or carvacrol as major components ... 

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