Figueiredo A Cristina, Barroso José G, Pedro Luis G
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, Dep. de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal, C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Sep;5(9):1465-76.
Thyme is the common name of many taxa belonging to the Thymbra and Thymus genera. Given the economic importance of thyme oils, many thyme species have been studied and their essential oils and other volatile-containing extracts chemically characterized. Thymbra and Thymus species are frequent in the west Mediterranean region, considered to be the centre of origin of the genus Thymus, and extend further westwards in the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa, to the Macaronesian region in the Atlantic Ocean. The present work gives an overview of the chemical composition of the volatiles from the taxa of these two genera occurring in the above geographic area.
百里香是许多属于百里香属（Thymbra）和百里香属（Thymus）分类群的通用名称。鉴于百里香油的经济重要性，许多百里香物种已被研究，其精油和其他含挥发物的提取物也进行了化学表征。百里香属（Thymbra）和百里香属（Thymus）物种在地中海西部地区很常见，该地区被认为是百里香属的起源中心，并进一步向西延伸至伊比利亚半岛和西北非洲，直至大西洋的马卡罗尼西亚地区。本研究概述了上述地理区域中这两个属分类群挥发物的化学成分。
