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
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-OLEATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-STEARATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-TRANS-HEXADECENOATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-TRANSHEXADECANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	255000.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Plant	200.0	2000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	8000.0	77950.0	0.38	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Plant	170170.0	220600.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Essential Oil	48000.0	213000.0	2.09	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	210.0	2370.0	4.20	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	180000.0	1.63	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	0.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	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 *