Thymus marschallianus

Documented effects In modem medicine the herb is used in a similar manner as Thymus, serpyllum. A decoction and liquid extract is recommended for internal use as an expectorant to treat bronchitis and other upper respiratory illnesses. It is used externally in compresses and baths as an analgesic to treat radiculitis and neuritis (Tolmachev 1976). The complex preparation Pertussin, containing this herb, is used as an expectorant and cough suppressant and to treat bronchitis and other upper respiratory illnesses (Kurochkin 1998). Ethanolic extracts of Thymus marschallianus exhibited antioxidative activity (Budincevic et al. 1995). Volatile oils isolated from the plant exhibited antibacterial activity against the grampositive bacterium Diplococcus pneumoniae (Oprean et al. 2007). 

Schantz, E. and H. Horsier. 1970. Zusammensetzung des atherischen Oles von Thymus vulgaris and Thymus marschallianus in Abhangigkeitt von Blattalter und Jahreszeit. Planta Med., 19 161 175. 

Thymol, p-cymene, and y-terpinene were major components of Thymus proximus Serg. and Thymus marschallianus Will, essential oils, growing wild in Xinjiang. In a dose-dependent manner, both essential oils showed results between 12,000 and 20,000 g/mL in reducing power assays, while the results of the positive controls BHT and thymol were better than from the oil. Results from the DPPH assay were also concentration dependent. T. proximus essential oil exhibited an... 

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