Research on the phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of Tunisian Thymus capitatus

Effects of plant extract antioxidative phenolic compounds on energetic status and viability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells undergoing oxidative stress

“…Interestingly, plant materials have been recognized as beneficial antioxidants able to scavenge harmful ROS, including superoxide anion (Jabri-Karoui, Bettaieb, Msaada, Hammami, & Marzouk, 2012;Rice-Evans, Miller, & Paganga, 1996). Their antioxidative potential is related to the presence of many different chemical substances, mainly phenolic compounds (Bors, Michel, & Stettmaier, 2001;Gawlik-Dziki, 2012).…”

Protective effects of phenolic constituents from Cytisus multiflorus, Lamium album L. and Thymus citriodorus on liver cells

“…The potential antioxidant effect of herbs, or that of isolated phenolic compounds, has been extensively determined by in vitro tests. Common methods for measuring the antioxidant capacity include free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging, OH radical scavenging ability, reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP), oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), and Trolox equivalence antioxidant capacity (TEAC), among others (Hossain, Patras, Barry-Ryan, Martin-Diana, & Brunton, 2011;Jabri-Karoui, Bettaieb, Msaada, Hammami, & Marzouk, 2012). Despite their usefulness, these assays have some limitations, the most important being the difficulty of extrapolating results to the in vivo conditions, whereas closer results can be obtained by the use of cultured cells.…”

Non-cytotoxic Thymus capitata extracts prevent Bovine herpesvirus-1 infection in cell cultures

“…Also, Behravan et al [14] showed that thymol and carvacrol were the major compounds in T. capitata EO from Iran. However, other studies showed geographic variations of chemical compositions of T. capitata extracts [15,20]. Nolkemper et al [11] found that rosmarinic acid was the most abundant compound of the same genus T. vulgaris AE.…”

“…Besides, different thyme species have been screened for antibacterial, anthelmintic, antifungal and antioxidant activities, and as immune modulator [15,16]. However, to the best of our knowledge, cytotoxic and antiviral activities of different T. capitata (Order of Lamiales, Family of Lamiaceae) extracts against BHV-1 have never been tested.…”