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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 24, Issue 20, Pages 1890-1896Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786411003754322
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Thymus linearis; essential oil; GC-MS; thymol; -terpinene; p-cymene
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- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP, CSIR), Lucknow, UP, India [MLP09.19]
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Thymus linearis (Benth. ex Benth) was collected from five distinct locations of western Himalaya (India) during the summer season. The hydro-distilled essential oil (yield 0.84-0.95%) was analysed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 56 constituents, representing 81.55% to 98.11% of the total oil composition, were identified. Thymol (52.28-66.65%), p-cymene (1.81-21.60%) and -terpinene (1.94-12.48%) were the major constituents in all populations. Other constituents identified in significant amounts were carvacrol, p-cymen-8-ol, borneol, terpinen-4-ol and thymol methyl ether. The presence of high phenol and essential oil contents in this species make it a suitable substitute for common thyme oil.
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