Oregano Disinfectant Spray
Oregano Disinfectant Spray
A Research Proposal
In partial fulfillment of the requirements in
“Research I”
JOANNA ROSE M. BALDE
ISAIAH GRACE E. RARELA
10-Responsibility
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
All proposed researches require gathering information about a certain topic. In this chapter you will read about what our topic is all about and the reasons why we had come up with this research proposal. 1.1 Background of the Study For centuries up until the present day, plants have given us so many things to our society. They can be used as food to give energy or to give cure for some illnesses. It has so many uses which is important for our daily living. The Origanum vulgare, also known for its common name Oregano (sometimes called ‘wild marjoram’) is a perennial herb that has been used since Ancient times by the Greeks due to its beneficial effects and prescribed it for a variety of ailments. Two of its major uses are for medicinal and culinary purposes. Hippocrates once used this plant as an antiseptic to cure specific ailments. The Romans adapted the use of oregano from the Greeks and make use of the plant as spices to give flavor to their food and also treat diseases. It rapidly reached China and other Asian countries by the help of trade. Its chief components are Carvacrol, Thymol, Cymene, Caryophyllene, Pinene, Bisabolene, Linalool, Borneol, Geranyl Acetate, Linalyl Acetate and Terpinene. The application of oregano had grown and is still expanding worldwide because of the advancement in science and technology that maximized and specified the capabilities of this plant. (History of Oregano. Retrieved August 17, 2011, InDepthInfo website, http://indepthinfo.com/oregano/history.shtml) Oregano is known for its great medicinal uses, for being an anti-spasmodic, tonic, dissolvent, emollient, calmative, diaphoretic, expectorant, stomachic. The infusion of its leaves is used for stomach upsets and indigestion, headache, nervous complaints, whooping
A Research Proposal
In partial fulfillment of the requirements in
“Research I”
JOANNA ROSE M. BALDE
ISAIAH GRACE E. RARELA
10-Responsibility
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
All proposed researches require gathering information about a certain topic. In this chapter you will read about what our topic is all about and the reasons why we had come up with this research proposal. 1.1 Background of the Study For centuries up until the present day, plants have given us so many things to our society. They can be used as food to give energy or to give cure for some illnesses. It has so many uses which is important for our daily living. The Origanum vulgare, also known for its common name Oregano (sometimes called ‘wild marjoram’) is a perennial herb that has been used since Ancient times by the Greeks due to its beneficial effects and prescribed it for a variety of ailments. Two of its major uses are for medicinal and culinary purposes. Hippocrates once used this plant as an antiseptic to cure specific ailments. The Romans adapted the use of oregano from the Greeks and make use of the plant as spices to give flavor to their food and also treat diseases. It rapidly reached China and other Asian countries by the help of trade. Its chief components are Carvacrol, Thymol, Cymene, Caryophyllene, Pinene, Bisabolene, Linalool, Borneol, Geranyl Acetate, Linalyl Acetate and Terpinene. The application of oregano had grown and is still expanding worldwide because of the advancement in science and technology that maximized and specified the capabilities of this plant. (History of Oregano. Retrieved August 17, 2011, InDepthInfo website, http://indepthinfo.com/oregano/history.shtml) Oregano is known for its great medicinal uses, for being an anti-spasmodic, tonic, dissolvent, emollient, calmative, diaphoretic, expectorant, stomachic. The infusion of its leaves is used for stomach upsets and indigestion, headache, nervous complaints, whooping