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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 32900.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 35.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| 3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4'5-DIHYDROXY-3',6,7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE | 3 | 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. |
| 4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4'5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 43.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| 4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-TERPINEOL | 8 | Plant | 73.0 | 8320.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiperistaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 8 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antiperoxidative | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiPGE2 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphenylketonuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 7 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antiplasmodial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolio | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 8 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |