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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERMACRONE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| HEX-5-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 25.0 | 147.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 1075.0 | 1508.0 | 1.04 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Plant | 4680.0 | 5054.0 | -0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOTHYMONIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2990.0 | -0.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| L-BORNEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LABIATIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | 2300.0 | 2484.0 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Plant | 4300.0 | 4644.0 | -0.94 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 5300.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 15.0 | 5200.0 | 2.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 20.0 | 17420.0 | 3.51 | 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 * |