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

Common Names

Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme

How this plant is used

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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
8-METHOXY-CIRSILINEOL	2	Leaf	not available	7.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-HYDROXY-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Plant	6900.0	7452.0	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	12500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	50.0	425.0	1.79	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	15.0	1598.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	36.0	6500.0	4.55	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	9200.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	155.0	920.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ALCOHOL	1	Essential Oil	not available	13900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	21504.0	128000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	113681.0	130809.0	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	7	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	27	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	22	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.