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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
TERPINEN-4-OL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil 61000.0 1.00 *
TERPINEN-4-OL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 *
TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINENE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINENOL 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil 20000.0 -0.25 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 50.0 600.0 0.53 *
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 3.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil 15000.0 40000.0 -0.93 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot Essent. Oil 115500.0 1.96 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE 0 Essential Oil 2000.0 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Plant *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Essential Oil 213000.0 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Plant 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 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 50000.0 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Essential Oil 0.0 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Plant 9.0 52.0 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
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 8 *
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 31 *
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 2 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic 2 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 6 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipertussive 1 *
AntiPGE2 1 *
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 6 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21