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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THYMUS FALLAX ESSENTIAL OIL IN TWO HABITATS OF EAST AZARBAIJAN PROVINCE OF IRAN

Yousef Imani Dizajeyekan, Ahmad Razban Haghighi, Tohid Ebrahimi Gajoti

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ABSTRACT Essential oil analysis of Thymus fallax Fisch.&C.A.Mey for the first time was conducted in East Azerbaijan province in this study. The results show that quantitative oil yields between 0.53% to 0.91% respect to dry samples weight. Thymol (41.43 - 61.14 %), borneol (3.89 - 7.01 %), carvacrol (3.88- 6.5 %) and p-cymen (4.58 - 6 %) are the main compounds of essential oil in both sites. Keywords: Thymus fallax , essential oil, thymol, borneol, p-cymen

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Key concepts: Thymol, Borneol, Essential oil, Carvacrol, Biology, Botany, Traditional medicine, Medicine