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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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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 *
CARVONE 19 Plant 1.0 95.0 -0.42 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant 10.0 285.0 0.12 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot *
CIRSIMARITIN 9 Shoot *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Plant 1.0 35.0 -0.39 *
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 33.0 -1.00 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant 1.0 15.0 -0.65 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Plant 6.0 135.0 0.40 *
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 *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 3.0 70.0 0.43 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 4.0 90.0 -0.27 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 61600.0 74200.0 0.19 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 15.0 7130.0 2.37 *
GARDENIN-B 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithyreotropic 1 *
Antithyroid 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 10 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 6 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas) 4 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.