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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 |
|---|---|---|
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Potassium-Sparing | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Progestational | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protease-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 2 | Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renoirritant | 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. |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |