Abstract
This review provides a brief summary of natural occurance, synthesis, and medicinal uses of thymol. It acts as an important tool for medicinal chemist to develop a newer compound possessing the thymol moiety that could be better pharmacophore in term of efficiency for drug discovery. By the mean of this review utility and importance of naturally occurring compound in drug discovery can be explained. This review deals with the evidence-based information regarding the pharmacological activity of thymol and chemical properties.
