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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant 0.6 25.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
THUJANOL-4 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THYMOL 71 Essential Oil not available 19700.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Plant 5.0 14030.0 1.16 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE 16 Plant 1.0 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf not available 16000.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available 16000.0 -0.03 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VIRIDIFLORENE 0 Plant 4.0 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOMICROL 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YLANGENE 1 Plant 1.0 270.0 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.
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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 *