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Plant Satureja montana (Lamiaceae)

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

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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
OCTANOL 0 Plant 1.0 55.0 1.00 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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 163700.0 273000.0 1.62 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 45.0 6210.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERILLYA-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENOL 26 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PHENOLS 0 Plant 750.0 11500.0 0.01 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available 310.0 -1.37 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYISOPRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 3000.0 12000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant not available 1.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
SALVIGENIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-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.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf not available 10.0 -0.80 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
TERPENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 1.0 1610.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirheumatic 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 21 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 19 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiTGF-beta 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *