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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
GERMACRONE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
HEX-5-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 25.0 147.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 1075.0 1508.0 1.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOBORNEOL 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 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.
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant 4680.0 5054.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOTHYMONIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf not available 2990.0 -0.05 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-BORNEOL 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LABIATIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant 2300.0 2484.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Plant 4300.0 4644.0 -0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available 5300.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 15.0 5200.0 2.71 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 20.0 17420.0 3.51 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.