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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Origanum majorana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 15.0 86.0 -0.42 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil 68000.0 1.13 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 138.0 1620.0 0.52 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 183.0 1830.0 2.26 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil 7000.0 -0.46 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 49000.0 0.13 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil 19000.0 -0.28 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 15.0 1100.0 0.11 *
ANETHOLE 36 Essential Oil *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARBUTIN 15 Shoot *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 514.0 555.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Plant 96900.0 123300.0 0.04 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 48.0 52.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 35.0 750.0 0.13 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 16 *
Allelochemic 8 *
Allelopathic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 21 Martindale's 29th
Allergenic? 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 16 Martindale's 28th
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.