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CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
Volume 14, Issue 29, Pages 3120-3140Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786404218
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Lamiaceae; Labiateae; Thymbra; Thymus; volatiles; essential oil; biological activity; Portugal
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Thymbra capitata and Thymus species are commonly known in Portugal as thyme and they are currently used as culinary herbs, as well as for ornamental, aromatizing and traditional medicinal purposes. The present work reports on the state of the art on the information available on the taxonomy, ethnobotany, cell and molecular biology of the Portuguese representatives of these genera and on the chemotaxonomy and antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of their essential oils and other volatile-containing extracts.
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