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Plant Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; 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
CARVACROL 37 Plant 75.0 17250.0 1.52 Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Plant 1.0 95.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant 10.0 285.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITIN 9 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Plant 1.0 35.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant 1.0 325.0 0.04 Stanic, G., Petricic, J., and Blazevic, N. 1991. Gas Chromatographic Investigations of Essential Oils of Satureja montana and Satureja subspicata from Yugoslavia. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 153-158.
COPPER 12 Leaf 8.0 9.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Plant not available 33.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant 1.0 15.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Plant 6.0 135.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant 210.0 3220.0 1.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO 0 Plant 1500.0 23000.0 1.01 Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 3.0 70.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 4.0 90.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 61600.0 74200.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 15.0 7130.0 2.37 Duke, 1992 *
GARDENIN-B 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.