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Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | 1.0 | 95.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | 10.0 | 285.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIRSIMARITIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 35.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | 33.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | 6.0 | 135.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERIODICTYOL-7-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | 3.0 | 70.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 90.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Essential Oil | 61600.0 | 74200.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 15.0 | 7130.0 | 2.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GARDENIN-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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. |