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
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.