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
THYMOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	1.0	10000.0	2.23	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THYMONIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMONIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMUNIC-ACID	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.
THYMUSAPONIN	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.
THYMYL-ACETATE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TIN	4	Leaf	3.0	17.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-THUJANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Plant	1860.0	2009.0	-0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Plant	2410.0	2603.0	-0.80	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Plant	15000.0	18800.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Plant	5020.0	5422.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	832000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	74111.0	81690.0	-2.95	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.3	1.5	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	55.0	74.0	0.22	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
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	46	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibrucellosic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.