caffeine/thymus

This study investigated the stimulative or sedative effects of inhaling fragrant essential oils (EOs) by using a forced swimming test (FST) with mice. This behavioral test is commonly used to measure the effects of antidepressant drugs. The inhalation by mice of EOs, such as ginger oil (p<0.05),

The diethylether extract from Thymus leptophyllus was found to be more active on uterine smooth muscle than on aorta strips. Rat uterus experiments with and without extracellular calcium, yielded similar IC50 values. A nonspecific mechanism for the relaxant activity can therefore be postulated. In

The volatile composition of 21 herbhoneys (HHs) of 7 different botanical origins was characterised for the first time. Ultrasound solvent extraction (USE) and headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) followed by GC-FID/MS were successfully applied as complementary methods for monitoring the

(±)-3-Hydroxy-4-phenyl-2-butanone (1) and (+)-8-hydroxylinalool (2) were isolated from Greek honey samples and their structures were determined by spectroscopic and mass spectrometry methods. The enantiomeric ratio of 1 and 2 was determined using chiral GC-MS. Compound 1 has recently been proposed