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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | 17200.0 | 18576.0 | 0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Plant | 800.0 | 27200.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Plant | 2410.0 | 2603.0 | -1.11 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 160.0 | 950.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 1703.0 | 2502.0 | -0.52 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | 1520.0 | 1760.0 | 1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLANTEOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 1626.0 | 9680.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 7667.0 | 9302.0 | -0.87 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 16632.0 | 99000.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 99000.0 | -0.61 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| RESIN | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.7 | 4.3 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 4.0 | 53.0 | 2.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Inflorescence | not available | 26000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | not available | 26000.0 | -0.14 | Fitoterapia No.62: 166. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | 5000.0 | 13500.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 180.0 | 1830.0 | 3.41 | J. Amer. Diet. Ass. 85{8}:950. |
| 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 |