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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
NIACIN 39 Plant 41.0 44.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OCIMENE 2 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant 4700.0 0.19 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 8000.0 -0.91 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Essential Oil *
ORIENTIN 4 Shoot *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 1100.0 -0.06 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Essential Oil 0.0 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Plant 8.0 43.0 -0.06 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 47000.0 -0.25 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 -0.48 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 21.0 210.0 -0.37 *
PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Essential Oil 12000.0 *
PENTOSANS 0 Plant 70000.0 76800.0 -1.00 *
PHENOL 26 Plant 1431.0 8204.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 2670.0 3725.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant 600.0 650.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PLANTEOSE 0 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 14500.0 17225.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Plant 121450.0 143100.0 -0.25 *
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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.