Physicochemical and biological properties of carvacrol

Abstract Carvacrol is a major component of many essential oils the genus Thymus, Satureja, and Origanum , determining their antimicrobial, antioxidant, other properties. The aim present study was to investigate some physicochemical biological properties pure carvacrol. surface tension density were measured at six different temperatures (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80°C). values between 53.11 60.38 mN/m, while varied from 0.978 0.99 kg/m 3 . antibacterial activity against seven pathogenic conditionally bacteria investigated. diameter inhibition zones determined in range 3.9–4.9 mm. antioxidant by oxygen radical absorbance capacity (1687.0 µmol TE/mL) method.