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

Common Names

Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ERIODICTYOL	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
FAT	0	Leaf	13440.0	80000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	69480.0	80000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	370000.0	389000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
FIBER	15	Plant	179294.0	693000.0	3.48	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Leaf	not available	202000.0	1.95	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Leaf	not available	363000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Essential Oil	17800.0	49500.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	36.0	5460.0	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL	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.
GENKWANIN	3	Leaf	not available	43.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	0.0	10660.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Plant	0.0	3380.0	3.51	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
Analgesic	21	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	14	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.