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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiadenovirus | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 16 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergenic | 2 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Antiallergic | 13 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamnesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamyloid-Beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiandrogenic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |