The species Thymus comosus grows spontaneously in the Romanian flora, at altitudes of 400-700 m, and it is harvested for obtaining the collective herbal drug Serpylli herba. The content of essential oil of this species was assessed and the chemical composition of the essential oil was analysed by gas-chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. A content of 0.09 0.1 % essential oil was establ...

The essential oil from the aerial parts of Iranian and British Thymus vulgaris L. were obtained by hydro distillation and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS). Forty two components were identified in the Iranian Th. vulgaris essential oil that represented 99.06% of the oils. The major components were thymol (60.54%), γTerpinene (9.47%), p-cymene (8...

BACKGROUND Thymus species are well known medicinal plants which the previous studies suggested the involvement of the opioid system in them. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the effects of methanolic extract and essential oil of aerial parts of Thymus daenensis (TD), an endemic aromatic medicinal plant of Iran, on morphine withdrawal syndrome in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Experim...

background: thymus daenensis celak. is one of the medicinal plants which cultivated in iran. this plant involve high amount of polyphenols including thymol and carvacrol, which were reported to possess the high antioxidant activity. objective: antioxidative activity (aoa) and chemical constituents of thymus daenensis essential oil (tdeo) were examined. also, the effect of thermal treatments (80...

Poultry meat is one of the perishable foods. The growth of pathogenic microorganisms may occur in chicken meat during refrigerated storage. Microbial growth causes serious hazard in food safety consumer. The aim of this study was to compare antimicrobial properties of Thymus vulgaris (TEO) and Zataria multiflora essential oil (ZEO) and the effect of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) films containin...

The composition of the essential oils of Thymus pulegioides L. plants growing wild in Vilnius district (Lithuania) with "ester", lemon and carvacrol (phenol) odours were collected in one location and investigated by GC, GC/MS and IR-spectroscopy. The essential oils with lemon and carvacrol odour belong to corresponding known citral-geraniol and carvacrol chemotypes. The essential oil of plants ...