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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant 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 4100.0 -0.57 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 15.0 375.0 0.04 *
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 31800.0 1.41 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Plant 127.0 1080.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAR-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
CAR-4-ENE 0 Plant 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 *
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 *
CARVACROL 37 Plant 8.0 18720.0 1.72 *
CARVACROL 37 Shoot *
CARVONE 19 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil 13600.0 -0.51 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.3 2.0 -0.48 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 2 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Molluscicide 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 6 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 4 *