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

Common Names
Creeping Thyme
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TANNIN 35 Plant 50000.0 75000.0 -0.13 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 10.0 191.0 -0.20 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEOL 18 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THYMOL 71 Plant 3.0 57.0 -0.57 *
UNDECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant 7500.0 9100.0 -0.36 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pesticide 31 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Pheromone 1 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Somasundaram, S., Sadique, J. 1985. Anti-hemolytic Effect of Flavonoidal Glycosides of Clerodendron inerme: An in vitro Study. Fitoterapia 57(2): 103, 1986.
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Progestational 1 *
Prooxidant 1 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 1 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *