SPICES, MEDICINAL AND AROMATİC PLANTS
Thyme
Thyme is an aromatic perennial evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris.
Oil of thyme, the essential oil of common thyme (Thymus vulgaris), contains 20–54% thymol.Thyme essential oil also contains a range of additional compounds, such as p-cymene, myrcene, borneol, and linalool. Thymol, an antiseptic, is an active ingredient in various commercially produced mouthwashes .Before the advent of modern antibiotics, oil of thyme was used to medicate bandages. In addition it is widely used in world culinary.
