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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | 30.0 | -0.60 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 4100.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 15.0 | 375.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | 5.0 | 45.0 | -0.63 | J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167. |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Plant | 1200.0 | 1296.0 | 1.34 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | 2400.0 | 2592.0 | -1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 31800.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Plant | 127.0 | 1080.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAR-4-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-4-ENE | 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. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 116424.0 | 693000.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 639400.0 | 690552.0 | 0.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Essential Oil | 16700.0 | 80200.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | 8.0 | 18720.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 13600.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.3 | 2.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 12 | 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. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 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. |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 3 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 15 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 10 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |