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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Plant | 10.0 | 4590.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CIRSILINEOL | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 2.0 | 11.3 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | 8.0 | 9.0 | -0.56 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| COSMOSIIN | 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. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Essential Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Plant | 1370.0 | 1980.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | 510.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSMETIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 1344.0 | 26000.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 4000.0 | 34000.0 | 1.84 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sodium-Sparing | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 4 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 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. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |