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Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | 28200.0 | 42800.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | 20.0 | 17420.0 | 1.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 15.0 | 4680.0 | 1.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | 5000.0 | 5400.0 | -0.50 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LITHIUM | 11 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | 1.00 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LITHOSPERMIC-ACID | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-D1-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Plant | 2070.0 | 2236.0 | -0.98 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 733.0 | 4360.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 1630.0 | 2992.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 1.0 | 6.4 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Plant | 1370.0 | 1980.0 | 0.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MONOTERPENES | 0 | Plant | not available | 17340.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 2 | Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992. |
| Psychoactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Respirodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Secretolytic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sedative | 25 | Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989. |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |