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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-CARAN-TRANS-4-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 75000.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ETHOXY-2-P-MENTHENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-2-ENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 3-BETA-HYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->4)-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Stem | not available | 13000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-ELEMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-HYDROXYDIHYDROCAFFEIC-ACID | 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. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | 26000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Plant | 18.0 | 103.0 | -0.45 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | 19000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarthritic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 33 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradiquinic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990. |
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticancer | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |