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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | 3.0 | -0.59 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Inflorescence | not available | 33000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Plant | not available | 33000.0 | 0.28 | Fitoterapia No.62: 166. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Shoot | not available | 9400.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 82000.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 30000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Plant | 75.0 | 7500.0 | 5.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 675.0 | 935.0 | -0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | 50.0 | 55.0 | -0.73 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | 103000.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 135.0 | 1530.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 310000.0 | 2.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Plant | 1365.0 | 13650.0 | 5.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 176700.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimalarial | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelasmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 14 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |