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
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Plant	12.0	120.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE-MONOMETHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	750.0	975.0	0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LABIATIC-ACID	1	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.
LAURIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEDENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEDENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	38000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	24000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Plant	18.0	1710.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	99.0	568.0	-0.30	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Essential Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Plant	99.0	7965.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	not available	164100.0	5.79	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	34000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE	7	Plant	3.0	3030.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	10000.0	-0.83	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	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 *