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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
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List of plant activities.
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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.