Essential oil-based phytochemical identification of the Algerian north-central species of Thymus algeriensis
1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, University of Algiers 1, Algiers, Algeria.
2 Hussein Dey University Hospital Center, Algiers, Algeria.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, 23(03), 075–082.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2023.23.3.0206
Publication history:
Received on 13 April 2023; revised on 31 May 2023; accepted on 03 June 2023
Abstract:
Thymus algeriensis is a Lamiales member especially widespread through the Mediterranean basin, including the northern African region. Algeria counts numerous variants of the species, thriving in disparate locations and climates. The usage of aromatic species’ essential oils for the variants identification and the applications adaptation is a practice known as chemotype determination, objective of this study, with the Algerian north-central Thymus algeriensis as target. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry was used to analyze the Clevenger apparatus-extracted essential oil, and leaves staining was performed for the morphological identification. The species chemotype was Linalool dominant, highlighting the difference to adjacent territories growing variants reported in the literature.
Keywords:
Thymus algeriensis; GC-MS; Chemotype; Essential oil; Clevenger extraction; Hydro-distillation
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