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

Common Names

Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TERPINEN-4-OL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	61000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINENE	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.
TERPINENOL	0	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.
TERPINOLENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	50.0	600.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Plant	75.0	430.0	3.06	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN	31	Plant	not available	3.0	-0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL	71	Essential Oil	15000.0	40000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	115500.0	1.96	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	213000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-ANETHOLE	8	Plant	8.0	43.0	-0.45	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	52.0	301.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL	0	Plant	9.0	52.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antinephritic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	6	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychogryphotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.