Common Names
Spanish Marjoram
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CIS-BETA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CIS-BETA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CIS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 10.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
COPAENE | 1 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.93 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | not available | 5.0 | -0.53 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
DELTA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.91 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ELEMOL | 2 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.64 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 5.0 | -0.60 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 1.0 | 60.0 | -0.51 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | not available | 20.0 | -0.45 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | 10.0 | -0.56 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 240.0 | 280.0 | -0.31 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 850.0 | 7890.0 | 1.35 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 100.0 | 150.0 | -0.51 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
LONGIFOLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -1.24 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 20.0 | 90.0 | -0.38 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Plant | 130.0 | 340.0 | -0.33 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
SABINENE | 5 | Plant | 80.0 | 110.0 | -0.37 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
Antioxidant | 7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Antioxidant (LDL) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiplaque | 2 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
Antiplasmodial | 1 | Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp. |
Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiproliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiradicular | 1 | Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8. |
Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antirheumatic | 2 | 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 * |