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

Common Names

Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
8-METHOXY-CIRSILINEOL	2	Leaf	not available	7.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-HYDROXY-LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Plant	6900.0	7452.0	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	12500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	50.0	425.0	1.79	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	15.0	1598.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	36.0	6500.0	4.55	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	9200.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	155.0	920.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ALCOHOL	1	Essential Oil	not available	13900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	21504.0	128000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	113681.0	130809.0	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
DME-Inhibitor	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	3	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic	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.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	11	Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
Expectorant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *