Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
1989 , Vol 5 , Issue 2
Gas chromatographic analysis on Turkish Origanum oils
Although in commerce frequently confused with, or mislabelled as thyme oil, origanum oils is in reality an entirely different plant species and in different regions. It has different chemical composition, containing 60 to 70 per cent of phenols, which consist mainly of carvacrol. Carvacrol remains liquid at room temperature but thymol crystalizes.The Spanish oil, most important of all commercial thyme oils. It has 62 to 71 % phenol content. Also, Turkish oil, Gaziantep region 71% and Bolu region has 68.5% phenol contents.
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