<p xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><bold>Raw material</bold>. Thyme was harvested during the flowering season (July 2012) from the area around the Bro&#351;teni commune &#8211; Mehedin&#355;i County, Romania. The plant material was dried in well-ventilated areas, sheltered from direct sunlight and then stored in double-layered paper bags at temperatures of 3-5&#176;C until processing. A voucher specimen (V.FPT-451) was deposited in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, &#8220;Victor Babe&#537;&#8221; University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi&#537;oara, Romania.</p>