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
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	14000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Plant	27.0	155.0	0.65	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	4000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	6.0	34.0	-0.40	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	520.0	540.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE	0	Plant	12.0	69.0	-0.64	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORNEOL	35	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.
BORON	4	Plant	28.0	48.0	-0.33	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CADINENE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	14100.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	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.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	17925.0	23625.0	1.07	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	30.0	-0.60	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	605600.0	654050.0	-0.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARVACROL	37	Essential Oil	388800.0	795000.0	1.96	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Plant	1092.0	10920.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	-0.75	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 *