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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GENKWANIN 3 Shoot *
GERANIOL 35 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 5.0 95.0 -0.34 *
HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil 39400.0 1.00 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 6200.0 -0.70 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 4.0 85.0 -0.43 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 115.0 14260.0 2.79 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 12900.0 -0.53 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 15.0 14260.0 1.26 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 3.0 240.0 -0.46 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 61.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Plant *
MENTHADIEN-1,8(9)-OL-(7) 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-CARVACROL 0 Plant 7.0 115.0 -0.53 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Plant 25.0 415.0 -0.19 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.
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 11300.0 -0.30 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 7.0 295.0 -0.15 *
NEROL 10 Plant 1.0 270.0 -0.27 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.
NONANOL 0 Plant 30.0 415.0 1.41 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.
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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 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 4 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
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 *
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 *
Allelopathic 5 *
Allergenic 16 *
Allergenic? 1 *
Analgesic 10 *
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 *
Anesthetic 8 *
Angiogenic 1 *
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.