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Chemical Composition And Antioxidant And Anticandidal Activities Of Essential Oils From Different Wild Moroccan Thymus Species, Chaima Jamali, Leila El Bouzidi, Khalid Bekkouche, Hassani Lahcen, Mohammed Markouk, Hans Wohlmuth, David Leach, Abdelaziz Abbad Aug 2012

Chemical Composition And Antioxidant And Anticandidal Activities Of Essential Oils From Different Wild Moroccan Thymus Species, Chaima Jamali, Leila El Bouzidi, Khalid Bekkouche, Hassani Lahcen, Mohammed Markouk, Hans Wohlmuth, David Leach, Abdelaziz Abbad

Dr Hans Wohlmuth

Samples of the aerial parts of Thymus broussonetii, T. ciliatus, T. leptobotrys, T. maroccanus, T. pallidus, T. satureioides, and T. serpyllum collected from different natural regions in southern and south-western Morocco were analyzed for their qualitative and quantitative essential oil profiles. In total, 46 compounds, representing more than 99% of the oils, were characterized. Monoterpenes, both hydrocarbons (12.9–58.0%) and oxygenated monoterpenes (38.8–81.1%), were the principal classes of compounds for most of the thyme species studied. Cluster analysis allowed the classification of the species into three main groups: a carvacrol group (Group I), comprising the species T. maroccanus …