Research Article

Essential Oils Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Three Thymus Species

Table 2

The chemical composition of essential oil of studied Thymus species.

SpeciesComponentsReferences

T. kotschyanus carvacrol (35.1%), thymol (26.6%), before flowering and carvacrol (22.7%), thymol (16.5%), myrcene (12.6%), thymoquinone (11.4%) at the flowering stageRasooli and Mirmostafa [1]
T. kotschyanus pulegone (18.7%), isomenthone (17.8%), thymol (14.9%),Morteza-Semnani et al. [2]
T. kotschyanus carvacrol (40.7%–61.2%), thymol (7.5%–26.9%), γ-terpinene (3.7%– 8.2%) at the beginning of and at the end of flowering stages, respectivelySefidkon et al. [3]
T. kotschyanus thymol (37.9%), carvacrol (14.1%)Rustaiyan et al. [4]
T. kotschyanus thymol (38.6%), carvacrol (33.9%)Nickavar [5]
T. kotschyanus carvacrol (44.2%)Mericli [6]
T. eriocalyx thymol (42.8%) before floweringKalvandi [7]
T. eriocalyx thymol (43.1%) at full floweringKalvandi [7]
T. eriocalyx thymol (66.3%), 1-borneol (10.5%)Sfaei-Ghomi et al. [8]
T. daenensis subsp. lancifolius thymol (73.9%), carvacrol (6.7%)Sajjadi and Khatamsaz [9]
Thymus daenensis subsp. daenensisthymol (74.7%), p-cymene (6.5%)Nickavar [5]
Thymus daenensis subsp. daenensisgeraniol (34.9%–37.2%), geranyl acetate (15.3%–18.7%), geranial (9.0%–11.2%)Hashemi et al. [10]
Thymus daenensisthymol (51.3%), p-cymene (2.7%–7.6%)Barazandeh and Bagherzadeh [11]