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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieicosanoid 1 Houghton, P.J., Zarka, R., Heras, B., and Hoult, J.R.S. 1994. Fixed Oil of Nigella sativa and Derived Thymoquinone Inhibit Eicosanoid Generation in Leukocytes and Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. Planta Medica, 61: 33.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiepileptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.