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
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.