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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2026

Thymol: properties, synthesis, mechanism of action, and applications.

Shizhuo Liu, Junyuan Lei, Hongyang Liu, Tongyu Chen, Chunyan Gao, Dieyu Luo, Qiannan Liao, Xuanrui Liu, Jian Chen, Maxime Bonnave and 4 more

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Shizhuo LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Junyuan LeiSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Hongyang LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Tongyu ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Chunyan GaoSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Dieyu LuoChongqing No. 1 Secondary School, Chongqing, China.
Qiannan LiaoChongqing No. 1 Secondary School, Chongqing, China.
Xuanrui LiuChongqing No. 1 Secondary School, Chongqing, China.
Jian ChenChongqing No. 1 Secondary School, Chongqing, China.
Maxime BonnaveCenter for Agriculture and Agro-industry of Hainaut Province, Ath, Belgium.
Francois SerneelsCenter for Agriculture and Agro-industry of Hainaut Province, Ath, Belgium.
Xiumei LuoSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Gengxin XieCenter of Space Exploration, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China.
Pan DongSchool of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyme (

Indexed as

action mechanismbioactivityfood applicationsnatural compoundsplant essential oilthymol

Identifiers

PMID41939185
PMCPMC13047168

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