Thymus extraction can reduce the rate of lipid oxidation and rancidity during Chinese sausage storage. 百里香提取物还具有一定的抗脂肪氧化和抗哈败作用。
Any of several aromatic Eurasian herbs or low shrubs of the genus Thymus,especially T. vulgaris,of southern Europe,having small,white to lilac flowers grouped in headlike clusters. 百里香亚欧大陆的百里香属几种有香味的草木和低矮灌木，尤指生长在欧洲南部的开有成簇呈头状的白色或淡紫色小花的普通百里香。
