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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
APIGENIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER 0 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.
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant 2.0 30.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant 20.0 400.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant 4.0 85.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 20.0 1050.0 0.51 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Plant 2.0 45.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 17000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 1.0 55.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available 280.0 -0.54 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-THUJONE 5 Plant 2.0 65.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available 12200.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant 15.0 545.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 1.0 30.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Plant 25.0 37.0 -0.44 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available 3100.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 2.0 85.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 5.0 75.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available 16100.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil 356000.0 412300.0 0.53 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
Antineoplastic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antinephritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antionychogryphotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 20 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *