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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Thymus zygis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
'Portuguese' Thyme
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
sylvestris

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENOL 0 Shoot 0.0 50.0 1.08 De Cunha, A.P. and Salguiero, L.R. 1991. The Chemical Polymorphism of Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris from Central Portugal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 409-12.
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 940.0 4220.0 2.84 De Cunha, A.P. and Salguiero, L.R. 1991. The Chemical Polymorphism of Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris from Central Portugal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 409-12.
SABINENE 5 Shoot 0.1 40.0 -0.25 De Cunha, A.P. and Salguiero, L.R. 1991. The Chemical Polymorphism of Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris from Central Portugal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 409-12.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 0.1 250.0 -0.06 De Cunha, A.P. and Salguiero, L.R. 1991. The Chemical Polymorphism of Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris from Central Portugal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 409-12.
THYMOL 71 Shoot 350.0 3550.0 0.61 De Cunha, A.P. and Salguiero, L.R. 1991. The Chemical Polymorphism of Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris from Central Portugal. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 409-12.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Lipolytic 1 *
Molluscicide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 5 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Nematicide 9 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
Pediculicide 1 *
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 17 *