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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
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 4.0 150.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 7.0 360.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
5-DEMETHOXY-NOBILETIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACACETIN 16 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant 3.0 85.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 8.0 325.0 2.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 1.0 15.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 1.0 325.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 6600.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 5.0 245.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 15.0 410.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 3.0 2185.0 1.21 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available 7400.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 5.0 300.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Plant 10.0 385.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 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.
APIGENIN 101 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
Antitussive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 8 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 17 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *