botanical record · discovered
'Anatolian' Thyme
Thymus cilicicus
'Anatolian' Thyme · Cilician Thyme · Kilikischer Thymian (DE); Cilician Thyme (EN) · cilicische tijm · taurustimjan · زعتر قيليقي
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: not documented
Science studied: BORNYL-ACETATE, BETA-BOURBONENE, TRANS-CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE, CARVACROL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Thymus cilicicus
Common names: 'Anatolian' Thyme, Cilician Thyme, Kilikischer Thymian (DE); Cilician Thyme (EN), cilicische tijm, taurustimjan, زعتر قيليقي
POWO: 461034-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
Historical context is not documented in this record.
Origins and distribution
not documented in this record
Documented cultural uses
not documented in this record
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Investigating Anticancer Potency of In Vitro Propagated Endemic Thymus Cilicicus Boiss. & Bal. Extract on Human Lung, Breast, and Prostate Cancer Cell Lines · 2022 source ↗
- Antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Origanum onites L., Origanum vulgare L. subspecies hirtum (Link) Ietswaart, Satureja thymbra L., and Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal. growing wild in Turkey. · 2008 source ↗
- Composition of the essential oil of Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal · 1994 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- BETA-BOURBONENE
- TRANS-CAMPHOLENIC-ALDEHYDE
- CARVACROL
- CIS-CARVEOL
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- P-CYMENE
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- DOCOSANE
- GAMMA-ELEMENE
- EO
- EUGENOL
- GERMACRENE-D
- (Z)-E-HEXENOL
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- ISOBORNEOL
- LINALOL
- CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE
- TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE
- 6-METHYL-3-HEPTANOL
- 5-METHYL-3-HEPTANONE
- MYRTENOL
- OCTANOL
- 1-OCTEN-3-OL
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINOLENE
- 3,5,5-TRIMETHYL-2-CYCLOHEXANONE
- CIS-VERBENOL
- PERILLENE
- SPATHULENOL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TRANS-VERBENOL
- MYRTENAL
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- LIMONENE
- TRANS-PINOCARVEOL
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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