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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CINEOLE 0 Plant 10.0 4590.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CIRSILINEOL 10 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITIN 9 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITRIN 0 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CITRAL 53 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
COBALT 2 Leaf 2.0 11.3 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant 8.0 9.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COSMOSIIN 4 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.
COSMOSIIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN 57 Essential Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYNAROSIDE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant 1370.0 1980.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant not available 510.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
EO 0 Leaf 1344.0 26000.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 4000.0 34000.0 1.84 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
AntiTGF-beta 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithromboxane 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 24 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *