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Plant 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
(+)-CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARAN-TRANS-4-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 75000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
1-ETHOXY-2-P-MENTHENE 0 Essential Oil not available 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-2-ENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-BETA-HYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->4)-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE 0 Stem not available 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-ELEMENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HYDROXYDIHYDROCAFFEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil not available 26000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 18.0 103.0 -0.45 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 19000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 8 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th