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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | 12.0 | 69.0 | -0.42 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 61000.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 52.0 | 1307.0 | 1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Plant | 138.0 | 791.0 | 1.41 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 52000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-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. |
| CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | 60.0 | 344.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 75000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | 100.0 | 7965.0 | 3.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 20000.0 | 580000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 110000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | not available | 11.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperoxidant | 6 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antipertussive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPGE2 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |