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Plant Origanum syriacum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Za'Atar
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Shoot not available 3.0 -0.41 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot not available 0.0 -0.25 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot not available 55.0 -0.10 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot not available not available not available Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot not available 0.0 -0.18 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CITRONELLOL 15 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.18 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CITRONELLOL-BUTYRATE 0 Shoot not available 0.0 not available Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
CITRONELLYL-BUTYRATE 2 Shoot not available 15.0 not available Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Shoot not available 0.0 -0.46 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Shoot not available 12.0 2.24 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
EHTYL-CINNAMATE 0 Shoot not available 0.0 not available Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
EO 0 Shoot not available 31000.0 1.92 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 4 Shoot not available 30.0 1.00 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 22 Shoot not available 240.0 -0.23 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot not available 1015.0 0.31 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GERANIOL 35 Shoot not available 0.0 -0.51 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GERANIOL 70 Shoot not available 65.0 -0.47 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot not available 0.0 -0.53 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GERANYL-ACETATE 10 Shoot not available 15.0 -0.49 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
GERANYL-BUTYRATE 3 Shoot not available 0.0 -1.60 Fleisher, A. & Fleisher, Z. 1991. Chemical Composition of Origanum syriacum L. Essential Oil. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3: 121-123.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifeedant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antiherpetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiinflammatory 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 7 Jim Duke's personal files.