Subject Review: Pharmacological Application of Thyme

摘要

This paper reviews studies conducted to explore the physiological and therapeutic applications of thyme plant “Thyme vulgaris”. The review started with biological active components of thyme such as flavonoids,luteolin, carvacrol, eugenol, thymol as well as aliphatic phenols, tetramethoxylated flavones and saponins that attribute to thyme pharmacological properties.Discussion extended to thyme forms and products such as powder, extracts or oil and how these products utilized toenhance immunity, finally reviewer tackled main thyme effects such as antioxidant, hypoglycemic (antidiabetic), antilipidemic, antitumor and antimicrobial action.