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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
APIGENIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant 2.0 30.0 -0.55 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant 20.0 400.0 0.84 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant 4.0 85.0 0.11 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 20.0 1050.0 0.51 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Plant 2.0 45.0 -0.55 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 17000.0 -0.35 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 1.0 55.0 -0.38 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant 280.0 -0.54 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-THUJONE 5 Plant 2.0 65.0 -0.80 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil 12200.0 -0.80 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant 15.0 545.0 -0.18 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 1.0 30.0 -0.45 *
BORON 4 Plant 25.0 37.0 -0.44 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil 3100.0 -0.60 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 2.0 85.0 -0.46 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 5.0 75.0 -0.62 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil 16100.0 -0.57 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil 356000.0 412300.0 0.53 *
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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 *
CNS-Stimulant 6 *
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 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 *
Culicide 2 *
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 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
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.