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Essential oil composition of Thymus linearis (Benth) from western Himalaya of Uttrakhand, India


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1 Department of Chemistry, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Pin-236001, India
     

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The chemical constituents from leaf essential oil of Thymus linearis Benth. was analyzed GC and GC-MS. The chemical composition of the isolated oil was characterized by 40 components. The major compounds were Thymol (40.50%), p-cymene (6.50%), thymol methyl ether (5.21%), p-cymen-8-ol (4.23 %) terpinen-4-ol (2.54%), linalool, germacrene D (2.50%) α-copaene (2.40), carvacrol methyl ether (2.26%) as major compounds.

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Thymus lineari, GC–MS, Thymol, Thymol Methyl Ether.
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Rakesh K. Joshi
Department of Chemistry, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Pin-236001, India

Abstract


The chemical constituents from leaf essential oil of Thymus linearis Benth. was analyzed GC and GC-MS. The chemical composition of the isolated oil was characterized by 40 components. The major compounds were Thymol (40.50%), p-cymene (6.50%), thymol methyl ether (5.21%), p-cymen-8-ol (4.23 %) terpinen-4-ol (2.54%), linalool, germacrene D (2.50%) α-copaene (2.40), carvacrol methyl ether (2.26%) as major compounds.

Keywords


Thymus lineari, GC–MS, Thymol, Thymol Methyl Ether.