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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENKWANIN | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Plant | 5.0 | 95.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | 39400.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 6200.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 4.0 | 85.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 115.0 | 14260.0 | 2.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | 12900.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | 15.0 | 14260.0 | 1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 3.0 | 240.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 61.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHADIEN-1,8(9)-OL-(7) | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| METHYL-CARVACROL | 0 | Plant | 7.0 | 115.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Plant | 25.0 | 415.0 | -0.19 | 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. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | 11300.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 7.0 | 295.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Plant | 1.0 | 270.0 | -0.27 | 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. |
| NONANOL | 0 | Plant | 30.0 | 415.0 | 1.41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Epileptigenic | 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. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 25 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 20 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |