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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | 30.0 | -0.60 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 4100.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 15.0 | 375.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | 5.0 | 45.0 | -0.63 | J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167. |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Plant | 1200.0 | 1296.0 | 1.34 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | 2400.0 | 2592.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 31800.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Plant | 127.0 | 1080.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAR-4-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-4-ENE | 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. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 116424.0 | 693000.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 639400.0 | 690552.0 | 0.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Essential Oil | 16700.0 | 80200.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | 8.0 | 18720.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 13600.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.3 | 2.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |