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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | 17200.0 | 18576.0 | 0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Plant | 800.0 | 27200.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Plant | 2410.0 | 2603.0 | -1.11 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 160.0 | 950.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 1703.0 | 2502.0 | -0.52 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | 1520.0 | 1760.0 | 1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLANTEOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 1626.0 | 9680.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 7667.0 | 9302.0 | -0.87 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 16632.0 | 99000.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 99000.0 | -0.61 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.7 | 4.3 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 4.0 | 53.0 | 2.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Inflorescence | not available | 26000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | not available | 26000.0 | -0.14 | Fitoterapia No.62: 166. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | 5000.0 | 13500.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 180.0 | 1830.0 | 3.41 | J. Amer. Diet. Ass. 85{8}:950. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 27 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 4 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisindhis | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 34 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |