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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 4.0 150.0 -0.52 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 7.0 360.0 0.33 *
5-DEMETHOXY-NOBILETIN 0 Shoot *
ACACETIN 16 Shoot *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant 3.0 85.0 -0.11 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 8.0 325.0 2.40 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 1.0 15.0 1.19 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 1.0 325.0 1.10 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 6600.0 -0.50 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 5.0 245.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 15.0 410.0 0.12 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 3.0 2185.0 1.21 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil 7400.0 -0.35 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 5.0 300.0 -0.38 *
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Plant 10.0 385.0 -0.02 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
APIGENIN 101 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Rubefacient 2 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 *
Sedative 21 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 1 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.
Stomachic 1 *
Sunscreen 3 *
Surfactant 1 *
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Termiticide 1 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.