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Plant Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Winter Savory; Savory
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 4.0 150.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 7.0 360.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
5-DEMETHOXY-NOBILETIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACACETIN 16 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant 3.0 85.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 8.0 325.0 2.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant 1.0 15.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 1.0 325.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 6600.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 5.0 245.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 15.0 410.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 3.0 2185.0 1.21 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available 7400.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 5.0 300.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Plant 10.0 385.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
APIGENIN 101 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Wealth of India.