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Plant Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
APIGENIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant 2.0 30.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant 20.0 400.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant 4.0 85.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 20.0 1050.0 0.51 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Plant 2.0 45.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 17000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 1.0 55.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available 280.0 -0.54 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-THUJONE 5 Plant 2.0 65.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available 12200.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant 15.0 545.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 1.0 30.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Plant 25.0 37.0 -0.44 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available 3100.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 2.0 85.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 5.0 75.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available 16100.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil 356000.0 412300.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 16 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.