Phenotypical features of Thymus species in Hungary

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Funding country

Hungary

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Start date

2/1/2003

End date

12/31/2006

Budget

9,493 EUR

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Abstract

On the basis of the literature available we established that chemotaxonomic survey concerning wild growing species and infraspecific taxa of Thymus there has not been published in Hungary in the past decades. The standards (Ph.Hg. VII., HS) of Serpylli herba applied neither reflect to the the whole indigenous genetic basis, nor fit to the up-to-date analytical possibilities existing abroad and in Hungary as well. Because of the significant chemical polymorphism of thyme, data published in handbooks and in scientific journals are often incomplete and inconsistent. Evaluation of the native gene resources has become an important task, taking the variability and the drug quality into consideration. A multilevel research activity is necessary from the biological sources to the analysis of active ingredients. The personal as well as the infrastructural background necessary to this work is provided at the Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Szent István University. We are aimed at improving the knowledge regarding wild-growing thyme taxa as thorough as possible, reserving ex situ the chemotaxa with perspectives. Moreover, we have a purpose to reveal the genetic and ecological reasons of their diversity in its complexity, which information are useful during introduction into cultivation. We decided the adaptation and/or development of the modem methods of chemical analysis, with the attention of different chemotaxa.