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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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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
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 51000.0 1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 60000.0 1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Plant 30.0 1850.0 3.43 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 60000.0 *
TRANS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 61000.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant 500.0 2100.0 -0.70 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URSOLIC-ACID-I 0 Plant 4700.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Plant 1200.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
VITEXIN 18 Shoot *
WATER 0 Plant 74920.0 77880.0 -2.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Plant 32.0 43.0 -0.09 *
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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.