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Thymus Fontanesii Boiss. & Reut. - a Potential Source of Thymol-Rich Essential Oil in North Africa Publisher Pubmed



Ghannadi A1 ; Sajjadi SE1 ; Kabouche A2 ; Kabouche Z2
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  1. 1. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
  2. 2. Laboratory of Therapeutic Substances (LOST), Faculty of Sciences, Mentouri-Constantine University, 25000 Constantine, Campus Chaabet Ersas, Algeria

Source: Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences Published:2004


Abstract

The waterdistilled essential oil from dried aerial parts of one of the Algerian thymes, Thymus fontanesii Boiss. & Reut. grown in Setif province, Algeria, was analyzed by GC/MS. Fifteen components were characterized representing 99.4% of the total components detected. The major components of the oil were thymol (67.8%), γ-terpinene (15.9%) and p-cymene (13.0%). © 1946–2014, Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. All rights reserved.
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