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. 2010 Jul-Sep;6(23):154–158. doi: 10.4103/0973-1296.66927

Table 3.

Recovery study of thymol and carvacrol in T. vulgaris L. essential oil by HPLC method

Concentration in sample (µg/ml)* Added (µg/ml) Found (µg/ml)* Recovery (%) Mean of Recovery%
Thymol 40.4 ± 0.8 20 59.6 ± 0.6 98.7 ± 1.6 97.7 ± 2.0
50 87.4 ± 1.2 96.7 ± 1.7
Carvacrol 4.3 ± 0.05 2 6.2 ± 0.03 98.4 ± 0.7 97.6 ± 1.4
5 9.0 ± 0.1 96.8 ± 1.5