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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |