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Plant Thymus vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme
How this plant is used
Food
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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
SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf not available 16.0 0.85 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Leaf 3.4 20.2 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 250.0 1490.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 16800.0 100000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant 80000.0 100000.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Plant 2520.0 2722.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THUJAN-4-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 15.0 24100.0 2.40 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot 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
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 11 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 3 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 5 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229