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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
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 51000.0 1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 60000.0 1.00 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Plant 30.0 1850.0 3.43 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 60000.0 *
TRANS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 61000.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant 500.0 2100.0 -0.70 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URSOLIC-ACID-I 0 Plant 4700.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID-II 0 Plant 1200.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
VITEXIN 18 Shoot *
WATER 0 Plant 74920.0 77880.0 -2.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Plant 32.0 43.0 -0.09 *
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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