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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
SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SAPONINS 5 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SCLAREOL 5 Essential Oil *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 16.0 0.85 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Leaf 3.4 20.2 -0.35 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 250.0 1490.0 -0.38 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 430.0 1341.0 -0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf 80.0 85.0 0.08 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SYRINGOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 16800.0 100000.0 -0.13 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 80000.0 100000.0 0.24 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 5.0 6.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 1.0 5.5 0.07 *
THREONINE 4 Plant 2520.0 2722.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THUJAN-4-OL 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil 231000.0 600500.0 1.25 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 15.0 24100.0 2.40 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 8 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteoblastogenic 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 1 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 5 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasiticide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 66 *
Phagocytotic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.