@article {1900,
	title = {Effects of essential oils and extracts from certain Thymus species on swimming performance in mice},
	journal = {Pharmaceutical Biology},
	volume = {45},
	year = {2007},
	note = {PT: J},
	month = {2007///},
	pages = {464 - 467},
	abstract = {The effect of the methanol extracts and essential oils from the aerial parts of Thymus fallax Fisch. \& C. A. Mey. (Lamiaceae), T. kotschyanus Boiss. et Hohen., and T. pubescens Boiss. et Kotschy ex Celak on mouse swimming performance were studied using different doses. On the basis of our findings, the methanol extracts and oils shortened remarkably the immobility period during the forced swimming test in comparison with negative control and exhibited a dose-dependent antidepressant activity. The duration of immobility observed via the essential oils was less than that via the extracts in these experiments. The results of tests showed that the extracts and oils of T. fallax had more antidepressant activity than T. kotschyanus and T. pubescens.},
	author = {Morteza-Semnani, K and Mahmoudi, M and Riahi, G}
}
@inbook {1803,
	title = {Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Thymus fontanesii},
	booktitle = {Pharmaceutical Biology},
	volume = {44},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {607 - 612},
	abstract = {The yield of oil isolated by hydrodistillation from aerial parts of Thymus fontanesii Boiss. et Reut. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Djelfa (Algeria) was 0.9\%. Analysis of the oil by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) revealed the identification of 47 components accounting for 98.5\% of the total oil. The oil was found to be rich in monoterpenes (91.5\%) with major constituents being thymol (29.3\%), gamma -terpinene (21.7\%), p-cymene (15.9\%), and thymol methyl ether (11.4\%), while a smaller amount of linalool (4.8\%) and beta -caryophyllene (2.9\%) were detected. According to the antimicrobial study using the disk diffusion method and the agar dilution assay-minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), the oil showed strong in vitro growth inhibition activity against Gram-negative bacteria and antifungal activity. The oil exhibited the maximum antifungal activity against Mucor ramaniamus (MIC = 0.2 mu L/mL)},
	isbn = {1388-0209},
	url = {http://muse.lib.auth.gr:9797/com/csa/?MuseHost=www-mi2.csa.com\&MuseFirst=1\&id=2\&recnum=0\&SID=147874bda29087943ea1dc03733c75de\&MusePath=/ids70/view_record.php},
	author = {Dob, T and Dahmane, D and Benabdelkader, T and Chelghoum, C}
}
@article {1763,
	title = {In vitro antimicrobial activity of some Libyan medicinal plant extracts},
	journal = {Pharmaceutical Biology},
	volume = {45},
	year = {2007},
	note = {PT: J},
	month = {2007///},
	pages = {386 - 391},
	abstract = {In vitro antimicrobial activity of 32 extracts (ethanol, hexane, chloroform, and methanol) from eight different Libyan medicinal plants, namely Artemisia herba-alba Asso (Compositae), Globularia alypum L. (Globulariaceae), Helichrysum stoechas, DC. (Compositae), Peganum harmala L. (Zygophyllaceae), Polygonum equisetiforme Sibth. \& Sm. (Polygonaceae), Pulicaria crispa (Forssk.) Oliv. (Compositae), Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Labiatae), and Thymus capitatus Hoffmanns \& Link. (Labiatae), was determined against seven bacteria and one yeast strain using the broth microdilution method. The results show that all plants tested possessed antimicrobial activity against at least one of the examined strains at a concentration <= 8 mg/ml. The extracts from H. stoechas, P. equisetiforme, P. crispa, R. officinalis, and T. capitatus exhibited strongest activity against Gram-positive bacteria with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 0.5 to 8mg/ml. Only a few extracts showed inhibitory activity against Gram-negative strains in this test, whereas those of the H. stoechas and P. harmala were among the strongest ones (MICs range 4-8mg/ml). High anticandidal activity was observed for P. harmala, P. crispa, and T. capitatus, with MICs ranging from 0.25 to 1 mg/ml.},
	author = {Bogdadi, H A A and Kokoska, L and Havlik, J and Kloucek, P and Rada, V and Vorisek, K}
}
