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Common Names
Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholestatic | 1 | Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Anticholinesterase? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Anticlastogen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlimacteric | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoagulant | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |