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Journal of Medicinal Plants
Research Vol. 5(3), pp.
319–323,
4 February, 2011
ISSN 1996-0875 ©2011 Academic
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Full Length Research Paper |
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Diversity of Thymus daenensis Celak in Central and West
of Iran
Abdollah Ghasemi
Pirbalouti1*, Abnoos Karimi2,
Mehdi Yousefi2,
Shekofeh Enteshari2
and Ahmad Reza Golparvar3
1Researches
Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad
University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, P. O. Box 166, Iran.
2Department
of Plant Sciences, Payam Noor University, Najaf Abad Branch,
Isfahan, Iran.
3Department
of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Islamic Azad University,
Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
ghasemi955@yahoo.com.
Accepted 24 May, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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The
plant Thymus is one of the largest and the most famous
genus of Lamiacae. Thymus species are commonly
used as herbal tea, condiment, spice and medicinal plants.
Thymus daenensis Celak is an endemic species grown in Iran.
The production of secondary metabolites in different ecosystems
is affected by genetic and environmental factors. This study was
conducted to determine variation of plant properties and effect
of ecological factors on plant properties in different
populations of T. daenensis in different regions of Iran
(Isfahan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces) on April to June
2009. The results showed that height plant and date of flowering
between populations of T. daenensis had significant
difference (P ≤ 0.05). Also, our investigation showed that there
is a positive and linear relationship between content of thymol
as major component with elevation. So we can conclude that the
best place for the production of quantity effective materials
this plant in order to attain the best results, is the height
between 2400 to 2800 m above sea level.
Key words:
Thymus daenensis,
ecological factors, variation, population. |
