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
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 *

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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
Hypolipidemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	13	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	13	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	13	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	11	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	29	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	4	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.