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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Origanum majorana (Lamiaceae)

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 61000.0 0.38 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant 52.0 1307.0 1.16 *
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 *
CIS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE 0 Essential Oil 2000.0 *
CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Plant *
CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Essential Oil 52000.0 *
CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Plant 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 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 30000.0 *
CIS-PIPERITOL 0 Essential Oil 0.0 -1.00 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Essential Oil 75000.0 1.00 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 100.0 7965.0 3.16 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 580000.0 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 110000.0 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 *
CIS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 2000.0 *
CITRAL 53 Plant *
COPPER 12 Plant 11.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tracheorelaxant 2 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Trichomonicide 9 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypanocide 2 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic 1 *