Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
THYMOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	1.0	10000.0	2.23	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THYMONIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMONIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMUNIC-ACID	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.
THYMUSAPONIN	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.
THYMYL-ACETATE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TIN	4	Leaf	3.0	17.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-THUJANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Plant	1860.0	2009.0	-0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Plant	2410.0	2603.0	-0.80	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Plant	15000.0	18800.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Plant	5020.0	5422.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	832000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	74111.0	81690.0	-2.95	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.3	1.5	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	55.0	74.0	0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	3	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	9	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.