R. Alipour*, A. Jafari, M. Ghoranneviss

 

The cumin and the thyme are plants widely spread in the Mediterranean Basin, they are known of several antique and recent cultures which used them and which still use them in diverse use (custom). In Morocco, they are used as much as spice, but also traditionally as much as healing plants. Cuminum cyminum is especially used in the cure of the intestinal pains and also as relaxant against stress. Thymus broussonetii is a plant, which abounds in the spontaneous state in Morocco. It is widely used for the treatment of diverse patholo-gies, in particular gastrointestinal disorders, cough, and diseases of the cold or still to re-lieve certain pains. Besides, its powerful bactericidal and fungicidal activities make a plant of choice for the use for culinary and pharmaceutical purposes. For this purpose, we tested the effect of the extracts of thyme, cumin and some mixture of these two extracts by oral route in the test of the heating plate. The administration of cumin produced an analgesic ef-fect more important than that of the thyme, in comparison with the group a witness . The effect of the mixture of the extracts of the thyme and the produced cumin a similar effect has that of the thyme