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

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 17500.0 -0.21 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 36.0 676.0 0.27 *
MYRCENOL-8 0 Plant 15.0 3900.0 *
MYRCENOL-8-ACETATE 0 Plant 15.0 2600.0 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant 1500.0 1620.0 0.74 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NARINGENIN 56 Plant *
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant 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 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 54.0 -0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OCIMENE 2 Essential Oil *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant 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 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 420.0 -0.24 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Plant 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 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 146.0 20800.0 4.99 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 *
Cardiotonic 4 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 8 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cerebrotoxic 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 9 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 15 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.