What's the difference between carvacrol and cymophenol?
Carvacrol
Definition:
(n.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).
Example Sentences:
(1) Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry showed that the main component of the essential oil of O. cordifolium is alpha-terpineol followed by gamma-terpinene, p-cymene and carvacrol.
(2) Iso-eugenol, cinnamaldehyde, carvacrol, eugenol and thymol revealed the strongest antifungal activity.
(3) Although large quantities of carvacrol and, especially, thymol were excreted unchanged (or as their glucuronide and sulphate conjugates), extensive oxidation of the methyl and isopropyl groups also occurred.
(4) EC50 Microtox (5 min, 25 degrees C) assay values for 2-isopropylphenol, 3-isopropylphenol, 4-isopropylphenol, 2,4-diisopropylphenol, 2,5-diisopropylphenol 2,6-diisopropylphenol, 3,5-diisopropylphenol, carvacrol, thymol, thiophenol, and thiocresol ranged from 2 x 10(-2) mM for thymol (least toxic) to 2 x 10(-4) mM for 2,4-diisopropylphenol and 4-isopropylphenol (most toxic).
(5) and Pogostemon cablin Benth., and five terpenoids, hinokitiol, thymol, carvacrol, patchoulialcohol and pogostone, showed antibacterial activity.
(6) The anti-inflammatory activity shown by the essential oil can be attributed in part to the two major components, alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, although the presence of thymol and carvacrol, minor components capable of potentiating the action of these hydrocarbons, was also confirmed.
(7) The major constituents are carvacrol (51.11%), thymol (22.00%), and etc.
(8) The inhibitory effects of 10 selected Turkish spices, oregano essential oil, thymol and carvacrol towards growth of 9 foodborne fungi were investigated in culture media with pH 3.5 and 5.5.
(9) Oregano essential oil, thymol or carvacrol at concentrations of 0.025% and 0.05% completely inhibited the growth of all fungi, showing greater inhibition than sorbic acid at the same concentrations.
(10) The metabolism of carvacrol and thymol in rats was studied using gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric methods.
(11) Simultaneous steam distillation-extraction (SDE) of fortified rainbow trout tissue resulted in greater than 95% recovery of 2-isopropylphenol, 3-isopropylphenol, 4-isopropylphenol, 2,4-diisopropylphenol, 2,5-diisopropylphenol, 3,5-diisopropylphenol, carvacrol and thymol.
(12) Its structure was determined by spectroscopic methods and confirmed by its preparation starting from carvacrol.