Clonal Selection of Sabinene Hydrate-Rich Thyme (Thymus vulgaris). Yield and Chemical Composition of Essential Oils

摘要

An inventory of naturally occurring sabinene hydrate (4-thujanol)-rich thyme populations singled out 16 individuals of potential commercial importance. After multiplication by microcuttings and grown in a nurery, we now possess a collection that yields and oil particularly rich in sabinene hudrate (up to 62%). The other consituents commonly found in thyme, 1,8-cineole,linalool, terpinen-4-ol, #alpha#-terpineol, geraniol, thymol and carvacrol are present only in small amounts, (trace-5.0%).