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

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 4000.0 55000.0 1.62 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 16600.0 50000.0 1.49 *
RUTIN 87 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SABINENE 10 Plant 50.0 2096.0 1.07 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Shoot Essent. Oil 400.0 14700.0 1.41 *
SELIN-11-EN-4-OL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 800.0 *
SELINENE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SODIUM 1 Plant 109.0 205.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant 2.5 -0.62 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.
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant 10.0 50.0 -0.31 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 500.0 -1.00 *
STACHYOSE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant 5800.0 6247.0 1.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 150.0 -0.24 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 6 Plant *
TANNINS 0 Plant 80000.0 -0.74 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TAXIFOLIN 17 Leaf *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil 20000.0 -0.42 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 0.0 -0.28 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 6 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 20 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 2 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Neurogenic 1 *
Neuroprotective 5 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 6 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.