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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
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 32 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 29 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 6 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 2 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glaucomagenic 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathionigenic 2 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 *
Gram(-)icide 2 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat 1 *