Comparison of volatile constituents, and antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the essential oils of Thymus caucasicus, T. kotschyanus and T. vulgaris

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-140

  Asbaghian, Shiva ^a   Shafaghat, Ali ^b   Zarea, Khalil ^b   Kasimov, Fakhraddin ^c   Salimi, Farshid ^b  

^a Medicinal Research Center of Avicina   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Essential oil composition; Labiatae; Thymol 1,8 cineol; Thymus caucasicus; Thymus kotschyanus; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE D; LINALOOL; MENTHONE; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PULEGONE; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODISTILLATION; IC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYME; THYMUS CAUCASICUS; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OILS, VOLATILE; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 79953014053     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600133     Document Type: Article

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