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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CADINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 4.0 | 25.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 24.0 | 25.0 | -0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 17800.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 605.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | 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. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | 3400.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 15.0 | 420.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | 1520.0 | 1600.0 | -0.21 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | 19800.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Plant | 79.0 | 673.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | 15.0 | 1462.0 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Leaf | 16.0 | 795.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Plant | 34.0 | 48.0 | -0.33 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | 16900.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2806.0 | 16700.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 16935.0 | 22534.0 | 0.96 | 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. |