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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 32900.0 -0.75 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf 35.0 *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf 3.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL 0 Leaf 1.0 *
4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE 0 Leaf 9.0 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-3',6,7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 3 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf 5.5 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf 43.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE 0 Leaf *
4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Plant 73.0 8320.0 1.00 *
5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 2 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE 0 Leaf 3.0 *
5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf 1.0 *
6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN 2 Leaf *
8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Depressant 5 *
CNS-Stimulant 5 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 8 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 12 *
Culicide 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 8 *