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
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	not available	61000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	52.0	1307.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-ETHOXY-P-MENTH-1-ENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	52000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-MENTH-2-ENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PIPERITOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	75000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Leaf	100.0	7965.0	3.16	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	20000.0	580000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	110000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE-METHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-Z-P-MENTHEN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	not available	11.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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 *