Study of the composition of the different parts of a Spanish Thymus vulgaris L. plant

Guillén, Marı́a D.; Manzanos, María J.

doi:10.1016/s0308-8146(98)00013-2

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“…The aromatic and medicinal properties of the Thymus species have made it one of the most popular herbs. The genus Thymus has numerous species and varieties and their essential oils have been studied earlier (Guillen and Manzanos, 1998). However, there are considerable research interests to continue with studying of many other biological properties of Thymus essential oils (Stahl-Biskup and Saez, 2002;Shin and Kim, 2005).…”

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Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antitumor activity of Thymus serpyllum L., Thymus algeriensis Boiss. and Reut and Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils

Nikolić

Glamočlija

Ferreira³

et al. 2014

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Aromatic plant species of genus Thymus are important medicinal plants, highly recommended due to a range of therapeutic properties of their essential oil (thyme oil): antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antimicrobial, cardiac, carminative, diuretic and expectorant. Oil is also beneficial in boosting the immune system, and helps to fight colds, flu, infectious diseases and chills. It is proved to be a urinary antiseptic, being very helpful for cystitis and urethritis. Scientific validation of traditional uses, and phytochemical and bioactivity evaluation of essential oils from Thymus serpyllum, Thymus algeriensis and Thymus vulgaris was performed. GC/MS analysis revealed thymol as major component of T. algeriensis, T. vulgaris and T.serpyllum, with a contribution of 56.02%, 48.92% and 38.50%, respectively. The three essential oils (EOs) exhibited a significant antimicrobial activity against all the tested strains, T. serpyllum oil being the most potent (MIC 2.5-5 µg/mL, MBC 5-10 µg/mL; MIC 1-2 µg/mL, MFC 2-4 µg/mL). In addition, T. serpyllum oil revealed the highest antioxidant activity in all the assays and was also the most effective one against all the tested cell lines, presenting GI 50 values of 7.02-52.69 µg/mL. Moreover, the EOs did not show any toxicity, at the tested concentrations (<400 µg/mL), for porcine liver primary cell culture. In addition to their traditional use in food and cosmetics, the great potential of the tested Thymus essential oils for application in oral disease and anticancer treatments, encourage further investigation.

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Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antitumor activity of Thymus serpyllum L., Thymus algeriensis Boiss. and Reut and Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils

Nikolić

Glamočlija

Ferreira³

et al. 2014

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“…Similar data were observed with the aqueous extract of Thymus vulgaris leaves (Kulšic et al, 2006). In this extract, polyphenols such as flavonoids, acid rosmarinic, caffeic acid and α-tocopherol can explain the revealed activity (Guillén & Manzanos, 1998;Thuille et al, 2003;Kulšic et al, 2006). The less significant activity compared to BHA was obtained with Balanites aegyptiaca.…”

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Phytochemical Investigation and Biological Activities of Some Saharan Plants from Hoggar

Chaib¹,

Sahki²,

Sabaou³

et al. 2015

JAS

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Traditional medicine has a great impact on aboriginal heal thin Algerian Sahara and particularly in Hoggar. It is based on the use of local plants.This study is based on phytochemical screening. Antioxidant activity evaluation by two methods of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH): bioautography and spectrophotometric assay, and microbiological activity of twelve plants species from nine families sampled in Hoggar.The antioxidant activity revealed by the bioautography (DPPH) showed a positive activity on aqueous extracts of ten species among the twelve assayed. Both species Lavandula pubescens subesp. antinea and Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) have reported a significant activity compared to the others.The comparison of antiradical activity bybioautography and phytochemical study by TLC showed the presence of cardiotonic glycosides, saponins and flavonoids which could be responsible of antioxidant activity or some species.The antimicrobial activity assay showed that plant aqueous extracts were inefficient on the majority of tested strains except for Balanites aegyptica extract on Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633. Moreover, remarkable antifungal activity of Aerva javanica aqueous extracts on four fungal strains such as Candida albicans C200, Aspergillus flavus AF1, Aspergillus carbonarius M333, Fusarium culmorum FC1was observed.

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“…No TPHs were found in the aerial parts of the plants with the exception of some polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The chromatograms of the aerial parts of the jack beans were characteristic of secondary metabolites compared with the chromatograms from Oh et al (1995), Guillén andManzanos (1998), Ruther (2000), and Canini et al (2007).…”

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Landfarmed oil sludge as a carbon source for Canavalia ensiformis during phytoremediation

Ramírez

Dussán

2014

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Petroleum exploitation in oilfields, especially drilling, generates an oily sludge mixed with hydrocarbons and mineral solids. This oily sludge is sometimes treated by bioremediation and phytoremediation. This investigation established that landfarmed oil sludge provided adequate soil conditions to grow jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis) that in turn rhizo-and phytoremediated residual aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil. Landfarming oily sludge adequately reduced jack bean phytotoxicity. Rhizo-and phytodegradation reduced total petroleum hydrocarbons by 57.38 % during 4 months of growing jack beans. Aliphatic hydrocarbons were detected in the roots but not in the aerial parts. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were translocated to the roots, stems, leaves, and beans, requiring successive cropping to manage all risks associated with some aromatic hydrocarbons found such as: acenaphthylene, anthracene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, and benzo(a)-pyrene. Landfarming and phytoremediation, perhaps with successive crops, holds the promise of providing inexpensive management of extensive oily wastes when sufficient land is available.

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Study of the composition of the different parts of a Spanish Thymus vulgaris L. plant

Cited by 99 publications

References 31 publications

Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antitumor activity of Thymus serpyllum L., Thymus algeriensis Boiss. and Reut and Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils

Chemical composition, antimicrobial, antioxidant and antitumor activity of Thymus serpyllum L., Thymus algeriensis Boiss. and Reut and Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils

Phytochemical Investigation and Biological Activities of Some Saharan Plants from Hoggar

Landfarmed oil sludge as a carbon source for Canavalia ensiformis during phytoremediation

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