Toxicology and Environmental Impacts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviewed the literature and published research on the toxicology and environmental impact of thymol in 2009 and concluded that "Thymol has minimal potential toxicity and poses minimal risk"
However, in 2011 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a graph of the top adverse events for Thymol over time. Data gathered by their Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) shows a total of 303 adverse events from 2004 to 2011 in the categories of: oral soft tissue, psychiatric (malaise), neurological, gastrointestinal, dermal, and respiratory symptoms.
- Antibacterial potent of Escherichia coli
- Antimicrobial activities against
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Bacillus subtilis
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