Plant Origanum majorana (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	15.0	86.0	-0.42	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	68000.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	138.0	1620.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	183.0	1830.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	49000.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	19000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Plant	15.0	1100.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARBUTIN	15	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	514.0	555.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Plant	96900.0	123300.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	48.0	52.0	-0.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	35.0	750.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	9	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *