Thymol, thyme, and other plant sources: Health and potential uses

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1688-1706

  Salehi, Bahare ^a,b   Mishra, Abhay Prakash ^c   Shukla, Ila ^d   Sharifi Rad, Mehdi ^e   Contreras, María del Mar ^f   Segura Carretero, Antonio ^g,h   Fathi, Hannane ^b   Nasrabadi, Nafiseh Nasri ^b   Kobarfard, Farzad ^b   Sharifi Rad, Javad ^b,i  

^a Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^h Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF)   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

essential oil; Lamiaceae; medicinal plant; natural food preservative; thyme; thymol

Indexed keywords

THYMOL; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ANTITUSSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAGOECIA CUMINOIDES; LIPPIA GRACILIS; LIPPIA MULTIFLORA; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION; MONARDA BRADBURIANA; MONARDA FISTULOSA; MONARDA PUNCTATA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; ORIGANUM DICTAMNUS; ORIGANUM ONITES; REVIEW; SATUREJA INTERMEDIA; SATUREJA MUTICA; SATUREJA SAHENDICA; SATUREJA SPICIGERA; THYMUS BROUSSONETII; THYMUS GLANDULOSUS; THYMUS HYEMALIS; THYMUS ZYGIS; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (PLANT); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 85047086058     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6109     Document Type: Review

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