Essential Nose Wild Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum (Breckland or wild thyme) is a low-growing perennial of the Lamiaceae family native to northern and central Europe, chemically distinct from T. vulgaris with an essential oil profile dominated by thymol, carvacrol, o-cymene, and geraniol in proportions that vary substantially by geographic origin and growth stage.[1] The essential oil exhibits broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, with documented bactericidal effects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella enteritidis, and antifungal activity in vapor phase against Penicillium crustosum.[1] Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities have also been reported, attributed to the combined phenolic and terpenoid fraction rather than any single constituent.[2]
- Also Known As
- Creeping Thyme, Breckland Thyme, Mother of Thyme
- Family
- Herbal
- Perfumery Note
- Middle
- Intensity
- Medium
- Extraction
- Steam Distillation
- Plant Parts
- Flowering tops
- Origins
- Northern Europe, Scotland, Scandinavia
- Effect
- Antimicrobial, Clearing, Respiratory & Cleansing
- Aroma
- Herbal, Sweet, Slightly Floral, Mild
- Applications
- Aromatherapy, Medicinal, Culinary, Cleaning
- Price
- $$$$Hand-harvested from uncultivated Mediterranean hillsides in small seasonal batches; the manual wild-collection process and variable yields push costs above commercially farmed thyme