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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Plant | 0.6 | 25.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJANOL-4 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| THYMOL | 71 | Essential Oil | not available | 19700.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Plant | 5.0 | 14030.0 | 1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOQUINONE | 16 | Plant | 1.0 | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Leaf | not available | 16000.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Plant | not available | 16000.0 | -0.03 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| VIRIDIFLORENE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOMICROL | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| YLANGENE | 1 | Plant | 1.0 | 270.0 | 1.00 | 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. |
| 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. |