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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
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot Essent. Oil 23500.0 87600.0 0.51 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant *
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 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 *
PEONIDIN 3 Plant *
PERILLENE 0 Plant 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 132.0 1.40 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RETUSIN 2 Plant *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Inflorescence 68000.0 1.40 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Leaf 790.0 -0.91 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 55000.0 1.62 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 11 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 1 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 *
AntiCFS 2 *