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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | 17500.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 36.0 | 676.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENOL-8 | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 3900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENOL-8-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 2600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | 1500.0 | 1620.0 | 0.74 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| N-TRIACONTANE | 0 | 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. |
| NARINGENIN | 56 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Plant | not available | 80.0 | 0.61 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 9.0 | 54.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | not available | 54.0 | -0.32 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| OCIMENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Plant | not available | 6300.0 | 0.67 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | 4700.0 | 5076.0 | 0.11 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Leaf | not available | 420.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 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. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | 78300.0 | 441300.0 | 3.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Plant | 146.0 | 20800.0 | 4.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| 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 * |