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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Satureja hortensis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Summer Savory
How this plant is used
Food

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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
RESIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 26000.0 -0.14 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
SABINENE 5 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SODIUM 1 Plant 264.0 -0.29 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 8400.0 -0.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 10.0 -0.96 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SYLVESTRINE 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Plant 40000.0 85000.0 0.02 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant *
TETRADECANE 0 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 4.0 -0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THUJONE 17 Plant 1.5 180.0 -0.55 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 3.0 1600.0 -0.38 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf 1700.0 -0.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Stem 1000.0 1.18 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 8 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 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 1 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 2 *