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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
GERANIOL 35 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 3.0 573.0 0.06 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 3.0 57.0 -0.45 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 8.0 134.0 -0.40 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-CARVACROL 0 Plant 10.0 2292.0 1.73 *
METHYL-THYMOL 0 Plant 1.0 153.0 1.00 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 13.0 229.0 -0.22 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant 4800.0 0.22 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Plant 10.0 172.0 2.16 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 237.0 3285.0 0.43 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 23000.0 0.22 Jim Duke's personal files.
SABINENE 5 Plant 1.0 19.0 -0.44 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCUTELLAREIN-HETEROSIDE 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SERPYLLIN 0 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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tracheorelaxant 2 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 *
Trichomonicide 7 *
Trypanocide 2 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterotonic 1 *
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 1 *
Vasopressor 2 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 *
Vermicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge 1 *
Vulnerary 2 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 *