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Thyme sohel
1. Thyme
Botanical: Calamintha acinos
Family: N.O. Labiatae
---Synonyms---Common Calamint. Calamintha officinalis. Calamintha menthifolia.
Thymos acinos. Acinos vulgaris. Mountain Mint.
---Part Used---Herb.
---Habitat---Rather scarce in England, though fairly generally distributed over the
country; it is rare in Scotland and very rare in Ireland.
Constituents---Oil of Thyme is the important commercial product obtained by
distillation of the fresh leaves and flowering tops ofT. vulgaris. Its chief constituents
are from 20 to 25 per cent of the phenols Thymol and Carvacrol,rising in rare cases
to 42 per cent. The phenols are the principal constituents of Thyme oil, Thymol being
the most valuable for medicinal purposes, but Carvacrol, an isomeric phenol,
preponderate in some oils. Cymene and Pinene are present in the oil, as well as a
little Menthone. Borneol and Linalol have been detected in the high boiling fractions
of the oil and a crystalline body, probably identical with a similar body found in
Juniper-berry oil.
Medicinal use
Oil of thyme, the essential oil of common thyme (Thymus vulgaris), contains 20–
54% thymol.[6]
Thyme essential oil also contains a range of additional compounds, such as p-
cymene, myrcene, borneol and linalool.[7]
Thymol, an antiseptic, is an active ingredient in various
commercially produced mouthwashes such asListerine.[8]
Before the advent of modern antibiotics, oil
of thyme was used to medicate bandages.[1]
Thymol has also been shown to be effective against
variousfungi that commonly infect toenails.[9][non-primary source needed]
Thymol can also be found as the active
ingredient in some all-natural, alcohol-free hand sanitizers.
A tea made by infusing the herb in water can be used for coughs and bronchitis.[6]