Thymus magnus

  • Shakhnoza S. Azimova
  • Anna I. Glushenkova
Reference work entry

Family:

Lamiaceae

Flowers and Leaves (1:1)

  • Essential oil (steam distillation)
    • Composition of essential oil (GC/MS, HP 1 and HP Innowax): α-Thujene − 1.5; α-pinene − 3.5; camphene − 2.3; sabinene − 1.1; β-pinene − 0.9; myrcene − 1.2; α-phellandrene − 0.3; δ-carene − 0.8; α-terpinene − 1.8; p-cymene − 5.5; limonene − 0.9; cis-ocimene − 0.5; γ-terpinene − 9.9; sabinene hydrate − 0.9; 1-octen-3-ol − 1.6; terpinolene − 0.7; linalool − tr; camphor − 5.0; borneol − 3.8; terpinen-4-ol − 1.6; 4-allylanisol − tr; carvone − 0.5; thymol − 39.8; carvacrol − 3.6; thymol acetate − 1.4; β-caryophyllene − 4.7; α-humulene − 0.6; β-farnesene − 0.9; germacrene D − 0.2; β-bisabolene − 2.8; β-sesquiphellandrene − 0.5; α-bisabolene − 0.3; total – 99.3

Activity:

Antifungal activities of essential oil, MICs and MFCs, mg/mL: 0.19–0.39 and 0.19–0.78 (Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, Candida albicans, C. utilis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Trichosporon mucoides, Trichophyton rubrum, Blastoschyzomyces capitatus).

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References

  1. 1.
    S. Shin, J.H. Kim, Planta Med. 70, 1090 (2004)CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shakhnoza S. Azimova
    • 1
  • Anna I. Glushenkova
    • 1
  1. 1.S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of PlantSubstances of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of UzbekistanTashkentRepublic of Uzbekistan

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