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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CADINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 4.0 | 25.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 24.0 | 25.0 | -0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 17800.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 605.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | 3400.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 15.0 | 420.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | 1520.0 | 1600.0 | -0.21 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | 19800.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Plant | 79.0 | 673.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | 15.0 | 1462.0 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Leaf | 16.0 | 795.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Plant | 34.0 | 48.0 | -0.33 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | 16900.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2806.0 | 16700.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 16935.0 | 22534.0 | 0.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 3 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiuretic | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidote (Acetaminophen) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paracetamol) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |