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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
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 28200.0 42800.0 -0.39 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 20.0 17420.0 1.69 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 15.0 4680.0 1.67 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant 5000.0 5400.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LITHIUM 11 Plant 4.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LITHOSPERMIC-ACID 3 Shoot *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant *
LUTEOLIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-D1-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LYSINE 4 Plant 2070.0 2236.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 733.0 4360.0 0.09 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 1630.0 2992.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 6.4 -0.45 *
MENTHONE 30 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
METHIONINE 15 Plant 1370.0 1980.0 0.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MONOTERPENES 0 Plant 17340.0 *
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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 *