Plant Thymus serpyllum (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Creeping Thyme

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Plant	1.0	38.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL	0	Plant	20.0	306.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	1.0	362.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	21.0	344.0	0.02	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Plant	15.0	306.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	68.0	1012.0	3.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	1.0	19.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Plant	4.0	573.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	6200.0	-0.11	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	1.0	19.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	318.0	10505.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	135.0	2292.0	2.46	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLOL	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Plant	8.0	152.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	1500.0	19100.0	0.71	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	252.0	3534.0	0.90	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Estrogenic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Expectorant	10	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	23	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	12	Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glaucomagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	10	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.