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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Common Thyme, Garden Thyme, Thyme
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,8-CINEOL Essential Oil -- 32900.0 -0.75 *
0 2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
0 3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL Leaf -- 35.0 -- *
0 3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL Leaf -- 3.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL Leaf -- 1.0 -- *
0 4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE Leaf -- 9.0 -- *
3 4'5-DIHYDROXY-3',6,7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE Leaf -- -- -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE Leaf -- 5.5 -- *
0 4'5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONE Leaf -- 43.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
0 4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
8 4-TERPINEOL Plant 73.0 8320.0 1.00 *
2 5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE Plant -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE Leaf -- 3.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE Leaf -- 1.0 -- *
0 6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN Plant -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2 6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN Leaf -- -- -- *
0 8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN Plant -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.