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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of essential oil (EO) of air-dried and fresh S. nabateorum resulted in the identification of 30 and 42 phytochemicals accounting for 99.56 and 98.64% of the EO, respectively. Thymol (46.07 \u00b1 1.1 and 40.64 \u00b1 1.21%) was the major compound, followed by its biosynthetic precursors \u03b3-terpinene (21.15 \u00b1 1.05% and 20.65 \u00b1 1.12%), and p-cymene (15.02 \u00b1 1.02% and 11.51 \u00b1 0.97%), respectively. Microdilution assay was used to evaluate the antimicrobial property of EOs against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), clinical isolate Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Enterococcus faecium (ATCC 700221) Klebsiella pneumoniae (ATCC 13883), Proteus vulgaris (ATCC 700221), Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853) and Candida albicans (ATCC-90028). With a MIC of 0.135 \u03bcg\/mL, the EOs has the most potent antibacterial action against K. pneumonia. Both EOs display good antifungal efficacy against C. albicans, with a MIC value of 0.75 \u03bcg\/mL, which was better than that of Fluconazole\u2019s (positive control, MIC = 1.56 \u03bcg\/mL). The antioxidant capacity of EOs extracted from air-dried and fresh S. nabateorum was determined using the DPPH assay, with IC50 values of 4.78 \u00b1 0.41 and 5.37 \u00b1 0.40 \u03bcg\/mL, respectively. The tested EOs showed significant cytotoxicity against Hela, HepG2, and COLO-205 cells, with IC50 values ranging from 82 \u00b1 0.98 to 256 \u00b1 1.95 \u03bcg\/mL. 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