C See also:

• C THYMOL

THYMOL  ,oH,4O or C6H3(OH) (See also:

• CH3

CH3) (C3Hr) [ 1 : 3: 6 ], a methylisopropylphenol isomeric with See also:

• CARVACROL, or CYMOPHENOL

carvacrol (q.v.), is an aromatic substance found with the See also:

• HYDROCARBONS

hydrocarbons cymene, C1oH,4, and thymene, Clean, in oil of See also:

• THYME

thyme (from Thymus vulgaris) and in other essential See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils, e.g . Carum copticum, from which it may be extracted by shaking with See also:

• POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium hydroxide, filtering and precipitating the phenol with hydrochloric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid . It can be prepared from dibrom-menthone (obtained by brominating menthone in See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution) by eliminating two molecules of hydrobromic acid . See also:

• THYMOL, C

Thymol crystallizes in large colourless plates, which melt at 440 and See also:

• BOIL

boil at 230° . On See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation with See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

phosphorus sulphide it gives cymene . Thymol has a strong odour of thyme and a pungent See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, and is freely soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, chloroform or See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil, but almost insoluble in See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water . It is a more powerful antiseptic than carbolic acid, but its insolubility prevents its being used for the same purposes . A saturated solution (1 in loon of warm water), thymol See also:

• GAUZE

gauze and an ointment are used . Externally it is See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-parasitic, and is used in certain stages of See also:

• ECZEMA (Gr. EKE a, a cutaneous eruption)

eczema and See also:

• PSORIASIS

psoriasis, and the alcoholic solution has been used in See also:

• RINGWORM (or TINEA TONSURANS)

ringworm; internally it has been employed as an intestinal antiseptic in typhoid See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief use is as an anthelmintic to destroy the Ankylostoma duodenale . Thymol may See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour the urine See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green . Thymol iodide, See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in the See also:

• UNITED

United States, is a See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound of See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine and thymol; it is also known as aristol or annidalin .

It was introduced as a substitute for See also:

• IODOFORM, CHI3

iodoform and is stated to be less toxic . Glycothymolin is a proprietary preparation, used in the treatment of catarrhal conditions of mucous membranes, while a mixture of See also:

• NAPHTHALENE, C

naphthalene, camphor and thymol is sold under the name of thymolin .