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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
THYMOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant 1.0 10000.0 2.23 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THYMONIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMONIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMUNIC-ACID 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.
THYMUSAPONIN 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.
THYMYL-ACETATE 6 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TIN 4 Leaf 3.0 17.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-THUJANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant 1860.0 2009.0 -0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Plant 2410.0 2603.0 -0.80 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant 15000.0 18800.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant 5020.0 5422.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 832000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant 74111.0 81690.0 -2.95 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Leaf 0.3 1.5 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant 55.0 74.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *