Review of Pharmacological Effects of Zataria multiflora Boiss. (Tyme of Shiraz)
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Herbs were always important in supplying hygiene and society health regarding the treatment and diseases prevention and it still does. Traditional medicine has been used since a thousand years ago for the therapeutic objectives and among them using essences and herbal plants has a considerable position. Our study showed thymol and carvacrol are main effective combinations of thyme and can influence warm positive and negative bacteria. Zataria multiflora Boiss. is a perennial plant which mainly grows in Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Zataria multiflora Boiss. is used in Iranian traditional medicine for its various effects including antiseptic, analgesic, and carminative properties. New researches showed it has analgesic, antispasmodic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antitussive, and anti-inflammatory impacts.
Authors and Affiliations
Seyyed Abbas Hashemi| Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Corresponding e-mail: abbas.hashemi30@gmail.com, Sahar Azadeh| Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Bahram Movahed Nouri| Department of Pharmacology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Rezal Alizade Navai| Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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