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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GENKWANIN 3 Shoot *
GERANIOL 35 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 5.0 95.0 -0.34 *
HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil 39400.0 1.00 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 6200.0 -0.70 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 4.0 85.0 -0.43 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 115.0 14260.0 2.79 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 12900.0 -0.53 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 15.0 14260.0 1.26 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 3.0 240.0 -0.46 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 61.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Plant *
MENTHADIEN-1,8(9)-OL-(7) 0 Plant 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 *
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 11300.0 -0.30 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 7.0 295.0 -0.15 *
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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 1 *
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 22 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 43 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Pheromone 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Piscicide 2 *