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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Origanum majorana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 3.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Inflorescence 33000.0 -0.14 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 33000.0 0.28 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 9400.0 -0.41 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil 82000.0 -0.02 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil 30000.0 -0.14 *
SABINENE 5 Plant 75.0 7500.0 5.00 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SAPONIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SODIUM 1 Plant 675.0 935.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 50.0 55.0 -0.73 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SYRINGIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil 103000.0 0.38 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 135.0 1530.0 0.53 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 310000.0 2.08 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 1365.0 13650.0 5.67 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot Essent. Oil 176700.0 1.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihistaminic 11 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 2 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 30 Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.