Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2008 Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages: 307-310
https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC0803307P
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Chemical composition of Thymus vulgaris L. (Thyme) essential oil from the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Porte Alexandre (Instituto de Tecnologia - Universidade Federal Rural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Godoy Ronoel L.O. (Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, Avenida das Américas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The essential oil from fresh leaves of Thymus vulgaris L. from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, was isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed through a combination of GC and GC/MS. Compounds representing 95.1 % of the oil were identified. Thirty-nine constituents were detected, of which twenty-eight were identified according to their chromatographic retention indices and mass spectra. The major constituents of the oil were thymol (44.7 %), p-cymene (18.6 %) and γ-terpinene (16.5%).
Keywords: Thymus vulgaris, thyme, essential oil, thymol, p-cymene