Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Origanum majorana

Common Name
Mercenkosk, Marjoram, Marjolaine, Mayorana, Mayorana-So, Origanium

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bruise Elsewhere *
Bruise Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Insomnia Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Lactogogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Paralysis Elsewhere *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Spasm Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Spasm Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.