Composition of the Volatile Oil of Thymus daenensis Celak. subsp. daenensis

ABSTRACT

Thymus daenensis Celak. subsp. daenensis is one of the endogenous Thymus species in Iran. The plant is traditionally used as carminative, digestive, antispasmodic, antitussive and expectorant in Iran. To study the Composition of the Volatile Oil of Thymus daenensis Celak. subsp. Daenensis. In this study, the hydrodistilled oil of the aerial parts of T. daenensis subsp. daenensis was analyzed using GC/FID and GC/MS. The result indicates that the oil contains over twenty-six components [99.7%]. The main components were thymol [74.7%], p-cymene [6.5%], B-caryophyllene [3.8%] and methyl carvacrol [3.6%]. This species has rich in phenolic substances specially thymol which might considered as a substitute for Thymus vulgaris