An Overview on Medicinal Importance of Thymus Vulgaris
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Thymus vulgaris, Essential oil, Thymol, Medicinal plant.

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Javed, H. ., Erum, S. ., Tabassum, S. ., & Ameen, F. . (2013). An Overview on Medicinal Importance of Thymus Vulgaris. Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 3(10), 974–982. Retrieved from https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5003/article/view/3549

Abstract

Herbs are ordering a comeback and natural "renaissance" is going on everywhere on the planet. Dazzle dependence on synthetics is over and individuals are coming back to the naturals items because of safety. Out of 2, 50,000 higher plant species on earth, more than 80,000 types of situation is declared in some important ways remedial and about 5000species have a characteristic value analeptic. Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L., Lamiaceae) is an aromatic and medicinal herb that has been widely used in folk medicine , food preservatives and phytopharmaceutical preparations. The therapeutic potential of thyme rests on contents of flavonoids, thymol, carvacrol, eugenol, aliphatic phenols as well as luteolin, saponins, and tetramethoxylated flavones. Various thyme extract pharmacodynamic activities and the essential oil, respectively, demonstrated in vitro, but availability of these compounds in the respective target organs has not been proven yet.

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