Pharmaceutical compositions containing herbal-based active ingredients; method for preparing same and uses of same for medical and veterinary purposes

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GR96/00016 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 29, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 29, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 27, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/01348 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 1997Methods for treating and preventing coccidiosis in poultry, and inflammation, infection, and diarrhea in mammals are provided utilizing an antimicrobial pharmaceutical composition comprising an herbal essential oil which contains thymol and carvacrol as its main ingredients. The essential oil is preferably obtained from the genus Origanum, especially Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum.