Plant Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Turkish Oregano; Wild Oregano; Oregano; Pot Marjoram; Wild Marjoram; European Oregano

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
P-CYMENE	16	Shoot Essent. Oil	23500.0	87600.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	17000.0	18309.0	0.11	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	1600.0	1723.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PATCHOULANE	0	Plant	not available	12.0	-0.52	Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431.
PENTYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEONIDIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERILLENE	0	Plant	not available	0.2	-0.59	Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	1769.0	2402.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Plant	2030.0	2186.0	1.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	16066.0	18647.0	-0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN	0	Plant	96870.0	132611.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Leaf	not available	132.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RETUSIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Inflorescence	not available	68000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Leaf	not available	790.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Plant	not available	55000.0	1.62	Fitoterapia No.62: 166.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	8	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	23	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	24	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *