Arnica oil is considered one of the richest sources of good fatty acids and
thymol. In the global herbal extract market, the demand of arnica oil is high attributing to its benefits in inflammation and pain relief.
These effects are mainly shown by carvacrol and
thymol within the composition of EO.
In the previous studies, the separate use of individual EO (eugenol,
thymol, and cinnamaldehyde) in an in vitro system has shown various effects, but results were inconsistent with respect to the modulation of ruminal fermentation [2,8,9,11].
Why it works: Listerine contains
thymol and alcohol, which help to fight toenail fungus, cure cracked feet, soothe skin, and treat plantar warts.
Summary: Water samples of Lahore Canal have been tested for log reduction of heterotrophic plate count microorganisms in the presence of three selected phytochemicals:
thymol, eugenol and freshly prepared calcium salt of ferulic acid.
The quantification of
thymol and carvacrol (Sigma Aldrich) was performed in a gas chromatograph coupled to a flame ionization detector (GC-FID), operated under the same GC-MS conditions, except for the chromatographic column, which was HP-5 (30 m x 0.25 mm x 0.25 [micro]m) with nitrogen gas entrainment (99.99 % of purity).
Among natural compounds derived from plants,
thymol has received a special attention because of its strong activity against many gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as against fungi [34].
Its essential oil is rich in
thymol and carvacrol, which are important substances for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry due to their antimicrobial properties used in dental creams, oral antiseptics, decongestant ointments, and tablets such as Euthymol[R], Listerine[R], Vick Vaporub[R], and Valda[R].
To improve solubility, scientists at the University of Tennessee developed an emulsion-evaporation process to produce materials that disperse
thymol, an essential oil, in water while keeping the mixture transparent.
Yet the phytochemicals citronellol, linalool, and
thymol (for having recognized antimicrobial activities) all stand out (Pereira et al., 2003; Priestley et al., 2003; Botelho et al., 2007).
Thyme has been used for centuries to treat such complaints as diarrhea, stomach ache, arthritis and sore throats due to the presence of
thymol, an antiseptic agent.