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Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
| 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) |
| 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. |