CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIAL OIL - THYME VULGARIS (L.) LEAVES

A. Zechariah Jebakumar
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hassan S. Nondo
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Siju K. George
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
G.Manoj
Dept of Pharmacology, C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 600096, India

Antidiarrhoeal activity ,Randia uliginosa ,Traditional medicine ,Castor oil induced diarrhoea ,Enteropooling method ,

The essential oil from leaves was isolated by hydrodistillation and analysed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main components in leaves were Thymol (36.79%), O-cymene (24.68%), Linalool (2.87%), Cyclopropane,1-cyclopropylethynyl-2-methoxy-3,3 dimethyl (2.37%), Beta Cubebene (2.68%), Methyl thymol ether (1.63%),Humelene (1.02%). Thymol and O-cymene are the major constituents of volatile oil with 36.79% and, respectively 24.68%.

5 , 1 , 2015