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
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	30.0	-0.60	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	4100.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	15.0	375.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Plant	5.0	45.0	-0.63	J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Plant	1200.0	1296.0	1.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Plant	2400.0	2592.0	-1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAR-3-ENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	31800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Plant	127.0	1080.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAR-4-ENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-4-ENE	0	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.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	116424.0	693000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	639400.0	690552.0	0.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARVACROL	37	Essential Oil	16700.0	80200.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	8.0	18720.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential Oil	not available	13600.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.3	2.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *

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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.