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'Variegata' - Golden lemon thyme. Cultivars are selected for foliage color, and aromas of different citrus fruits. The following are sold by various nurseries, often under the synonyms, so scientific naming is not reliable: Lemon Supreme [6] — Light mauve flowers on vigorous plants with much richer lemon scent than that of most lemon thymes.
Thymol (also known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, IPMP), C 10 H 14 O, is a natural monoterpenoid phenol derivative of p-Cymene, isomeric with carvacrol.It occurs naturally in the oil of thyme, and it is extracted from Thymus vulgaris (common thyme), ajwain, [4] and various other plants as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties.
The lowest growing of the widely used thyme is good for walkways. It is also an important caterpillar food plant for large and common blue butterflies. [22] Thymus vulgaris (common thyme, English thyme, summer thyme, winter thyme, French thyme, [23] or garden thyme) [24] is a commonly used culinary herb. It also has medicinal uses.
A tincture is typically an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol (ethyl alcohol). Solvent concentrations of 25–60% are common, but may run as high as 90%. [ 1 ] In chemistry , a tincture is a solution that has ethanol as its solvent.
Limonene is also used as a solvent in some model airplane glues and as a constituent in some paints. Commercial air fresheners, with air propellants, containing limonene are used by stamp collectors to remove self-adhesive postage stamps from envelope paper. [15] Limonene is also used as a solvent for fused filament fabrication based 3D ...
Thyme is considered amongst the most consequential medicinal plants due to its substantial amount of bioactive compounds. [16] Thyme has been used to treat diabetes, cold and chest infections, and coughs. [17] In conventional Korean medicine, T. quinquecostatus Celak has been used to treat cancer, hepatic disease, and constipation. [18]
Dried lime, also known as: black lime; [1] noomi basra ; [2] limoo amani ; and loomi , [3] is a lime that has lost its water content, usually after having spent a majority of its drying time in the sun.
Thymus vulgaris (common thyme, German thyme, [1] garden thyme [2] or just thyme) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe from the western Mediterranean to southern Italy.