12/24/2023 0 Comments Thyme essential oil![]() ![]() P-cymene is another compound present in TO at relatively high concentrations with antiviral, antioxidant, and antitumoral properties particularly when conjugated to Ruthenium. ![]() It is also the one that has been studied the most and has been shown to exert a range of therapeutic properties that includes antimicrobial, antitumoral, antifungal, antiparasitic, antioxidative and anti-inflammatory. Thymol tends to be among the most prevalent molecular species in TO in species such as Thymus vulgaris and Thymus magnus Nakai ( Table 1). Thyme oil (TO) is a complex mixture of at least 70 different species. Some of the widely used cultivars of thymes for TO are Thymus rumidicus hispánicos, Thymus zygis, Thymus vulgaris, Thymus hyemalis, Thymus mastichina, Thymus citrĂodotus, Thymus corydothymus, Thymus loscossi, Thymus pipirella, and Thymus communis. ![]() Thyme flowers are white, yellow, or purple whorls that terminate branches. The leaves are typically tiny (less than 1/8 inch long and 1/16 inch wide), narrow and elliptical, greenish-gray in color, and grouped in whorled phyllotaxy. Leaf morphology is one of the distinct features unique to the genus Thymus. Garden thyme is the most popular and commonly utilized plant for TO ( Thymus vulgaris L.). Wild thyme ( Thymus serphyllum) is the wild relative of all cultivated species. Because of its distinct aroma, the plant is a popular culinary herb. Thymus is a perennial evergreen herb of the angiosperm plant family Lamiaceae (mint plant family) that has 350 species and 36 subspecies and is native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. ![]()
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