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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Antionychyotic | 2 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 46 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiperiodontic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |