Thymus transcaspicus Klokov is a member of the genus Thymus. It is native to Iran with limited distribution in the Northeast. Thymus is a traditional medicinal plant which is also used as a spice and aromatic plant in different industries. In this investigation, genetic diversity of some Thymus transcaspicus populations were evaluated by using morphological traits and essential oil content. In ...

antioxidant activities protect the cell against oxidative agents that are constant metabolic by-products. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between harvesting time of thymus transcaspicus and its antioxidant activities. the plant samples were harvested 5 times in different growth phases from 17 april to 22 july 2008, and its antioxidant activity was studied using the fer...

Макроскопический и микроскопический анализы являются основными методами идентификации лекарственного растительного сырья. Макро- заключается в нахождении характерных диагностических признаков общей картине морфологического анатомического строения исследуемого объекта отличить от других видов. Для анализа мы использовали лекарственное растение зеравшанский тимьян, собранное на территории Республ...

Seed dormancy is a serious limiting factor in revenue of an economically important species to its fullest. Because of the importance of medicinal plants in curing diseases and the shortage of natural habitats, little reproduction rate and mass cutting of trees, it is necessary to program cultivation and naturalization of medicinal plants.  The objectives of this study were to investigate the ef...

GC-MS analysis of the essential oils from aerial parts of Thymus migricus Klokov & Des.-Shost, Thymus fallax Fisch. & Mey. and Thymus pubescens Boiss. & Kotschy ex Celak var. pubescens resulted in the identification of 26, 35 and 53 constituents, respectively. The major components in the essential oil of T. migricus were found to be α-terpineol (30.6%), thymol (20.7%) and α-terpinyl acetate (14...