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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |