Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of the Essential Oil and Methanol Extracts of Thymus pectinatus Fisch. et Mey. Var. pectinatus (Lamiaceae)

Vardar‐Ünlü, Gülhan; Candan, Ferda; Sökmen, Atalay; Daferera, Dimitra; G. Polissiou, Moschos; Sökmen, Münevver; Dönmez, Erol; Tepe, Bektaş

doi:10.1021/jf025753e

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Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity of the Essential Oil and Methanol Extracts of Thymus pectinatus Fisch. et Mey. Var. pectinatus (Lamiaceae)

Published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry • Nov 27, 2002

Authors:

Gülhan Vardar‐Ünlü

Ferda Candan

Atalay Sökmen

Abstract

The essential oil, obtained by using a Clevenger distillation apparatus, and water-soluble (polar) and water-insoluble (nonpolar) subfractions of the methanol extract of Thymus pectinatus Fisch. et Mey. var. pectinatus were assayed for their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. No (or slight) a...

Subject

Thymol

Carvacrol

Essential oil

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