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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.
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 6 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Houghton, P.J., Zarka, R., Heras, B., and Hoult, J.R.S. 1994. Fixed Oil of Nigella sativa and Derived Thymoquinone Inhibit Eicosanoid Generation in Leukocytes and Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. Planta Medica, 61: 33.
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 6 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.