Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) is a traditional medicinal plant of the Mediterranean area used to treat respiratory disorders. Many scientific papers are proving its efficiency:
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- Thyme extract increases mucociliary-beating frequency in primary cell lines from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Volume 105, September 2018, Pages 1248-1253
Massimo Nabissia, Oliviero Marinellia, Maria Beatrice Morellia, Giovanna Nicotrac Romilde, Iannarellia Consuelo, Amantini b, Giorgio Santonia, Filippo Maggia
Thyme extract could be useful for its therapeutical use in the treatment of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Evaluations of thyme extract effects in human normal bronchial and tracheal epithelial cell lines and in human lung cancer cell line
Chemical biology interaction: 2016 Aug 25
Marinelli Oliviero , Iannarelli Romilde , Morelli Maria Beatrice, Valisi Matteo , Nicotra Giovanna, Amantini Consuelo, Cardinali Claudio, Santoni Giorgio, Maggi Filippo, Nabissi Massimo.
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- Understanding the potential benefits of thyme and its derived products for food industry and consumer health: From extraction of value-added compounds to the evaluation of bioaccessibility, bioavailability, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial activities
Jose M Lorenzo, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Mohsen Gavahian, Krystian Marszałek, Ismail Eş, Paulo E S Munekata, Isabel C F R Ferreira, Francisco J Barba.
Crit rev food sci nutr 2019;59(18):2879-2895
Some of the most important characteristics of thyme and their derived products discussed in this paper.
- Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.), Thymol
Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy
Volume 4, 2004 - Issue 1
Unfortunatly, no public data are available today to estimate Thyme properties against Covid-19. Why?
Could the association between thyme and garlic explain the difference of death rate between North and South of France?
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What is the public research doing?