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Plant 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 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 16600.0 50000.0 1.49 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
SELIN-11-EN-4-OL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINENE 1 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available 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 not available 500.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant 5800.0 6247.0 1.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Plant not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available 20000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant not available 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
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteoblastogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 5 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 30 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 74 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *