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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
8-METHOXY-CIRSILINEOL 2 Leaf not available 7.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-HYDROXY-LINOLENIC-ACID 0 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.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Plant 6900.0 7452.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil not available 12500.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 50.0 425.0 1.79 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 8000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 15.0 1598.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 36.0 6500.0 4.55 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available 9200.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 155.0 920.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ALCOHOL 1 Essential Oil not available 13900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 21504.0 128000.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant 113681.0 130809.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 28 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.