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

Common Names

Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme

How this plant is used

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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
1,8-CINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	32900.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-BICYCLO(3,1,1)-HEPTA-2-ENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL	0	Leaf	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3,4,4'-TRIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-HYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,4-DIONE	0	Leaf	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-3',6,7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE	3	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.
4'5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	5.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	43.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
4,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,6-DIONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL	8	Plant	73.0	8320.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,8,3'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
5,5'-DI-ISO-PROPYL-2,2'-DIMETHYL-BIPHENYL-3,3',4,4'-TETRAONE	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-DEMETHYL-THYMONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	5	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tracheorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	4	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	5	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	10	Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypanocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.