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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available 32900.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf not available 35.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE 0 Leaf not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-3',6,7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available 5.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available 43.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Plant 73.0 8320.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 2 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
AntiMRSA 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 25 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 4 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.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 7 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.