Essential Oils of Thymus cariensis and Thymus haussknechtii, Two Endemic Species in Turkey

Abstract

The essential oils of Thymus cariensis Hub.-Mor. et Jalas and Thymus haussknechtii Velen were examined by GC and GC/MS. The major components in T. cariensis oil were borneol (13.42%), 1, 8-cineole (12.65%) and ?-pinene (12.15%), while in T. haussknechtii oil they were linalool (19.91%) and borneol (10.35%). Both oils were almost devoid of phenols