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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIODICTYOL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUDESMOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 13440.0 | 80000.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 69480.0 | 80000.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 370000.0 | 389000.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 179294.0 | 693000.0 | 3.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 202000.0 | 1.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 363000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Essential Oil | 17800.0 | 49500.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 36.0 | 5460.0 | 1.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINEOL | 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. |
| GENKWANIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | 43.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | 0.0 | 10660.0 | 1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | 0.0 | 3380.0 | 3.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| CNS-Depressant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Stimulant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagen-Sparing | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |