“…While the fatty acids in the OS essential oil generally contains polymorphic compounds, such as thymol and carvacrol, compounds, such as γ-terpinene, P-cymene, and thymoquinene, can also be found depending on the growing area (Lukas et al, 2009) . Some studies have reported that essential fatty acids in OS have antioxidant (Luna et al, 2010;Tavarez et al, 2011), anti-microbial (Mitsch et al, 2004;Gürakan et al, 2008), anti-inflammatory (Yoshino et al, 2006), anti-viral (Pilau et al, 2011), anti-tumoral (El-desoukya et al, 2009Al-kalaldeh et al, 2010), anti-ulcer (Afify et al, 2012), anti-fungal (Manohar et al, 2001), and anti-parasitic (Değerli et al, 2012;Remmal et al, 2013) properties, all of which have positive effects on stock performance (Jang et al, 2007;Tekçe & Gül, 2016).…”