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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ESTRAGOLE 12 Plant 210.0 1400.0 -0.72 *
EUGENOL 76 Shoot *
FAT 0 Plant 88940.0 125000.0 1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Plant 109900.0 203870.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALANGIN 13 Leaf *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 0.0 -0.68 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.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 50.0 200.0 2.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 200.0 9700.0 *
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Plant 0.0 -0.43 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.
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 2000.0 -1.00 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 16.0 88.0 -0.27 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 147600.0 1.19 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 4.0 -0.53 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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 1.0 1476.0 0.07 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot Essent. Oil 20700.0 46100.0 1.00 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Leaf *
GERANIOL 35 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIOL 35 Plant 1.5 -0.45 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
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrosarcomic 2 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 3 *
Antigingivitic 3 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 *
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.