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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | 12.0 | 120.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROQUINONE | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROQUINONE | 32 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROQUINONE-MONOMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 750.0 | 975.0 | 0.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LABIATIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| LAURIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEDENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEDENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 38000.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 24000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 18.0 | 1710.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 99.0 | 568.0 | -0.30 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | 99.0 | 7965.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Shoot | not available | 164100.0 | 5.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 34000.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 3.0 | 3030.0 | 0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | 10000.0 | -0.83 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrosedative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |