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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SAPONINS 5 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SCLAREOL 5 Essential Oil *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 16.0 0.85 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Leaf 3.4 20.2 -0.35 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 250.0 1490.0 -0.38 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 430.0 1341.0 -0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf 80.0 85.0 0.08 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SYRINGOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 16800.0 100000.0 -0.13 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 80000.0 100000.0 0.24 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 5.0 6.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 1.0 5.5 0.07 *
THREONINE 4 Plant 2520.0 2722.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THUJAN-4-OL 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil 231000.0 600500.0 1.25 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 15.0 24100.0 2.40 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 12 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant 2 Martindale's 28th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 6 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Digestive 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.