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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Plant | 10.0 | 4590.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CIRSILINEOL | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 2.0 | 11.3 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | 8.0 | 9.0 | -0.56 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | 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. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Essential Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Plant | 1370.0 | 1980.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | 510.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSMETIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 1344.0 | 26000.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 4000.0 | 34000.0 | 1.84 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 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. |