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Origanum vulgare

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Origanum vulgare. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Origanum vulgare L.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

485Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 485 licensed products naming Origanum vulgare as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Fresh

Source material stated

Aerial parts
Aerial parts of the plant
Essential oil from leaf
Flower
Flower buds
Flowering tops
Fresh aerial part collected at flowering time
Fresh aerial parts collected at flowering time

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.24 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.24 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.35 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Matairesinol	—	—	1 Microgram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	1.53 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Secoisolarisiresinol	—	—	44.4 Microgram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Bozari, Sedat., Agar, Guleray., Yanmis, Derya. Chemical Content, and Toxic Effects of Essential Oil of Origanum vulgare L. ssp vulgare Against to Zea mays Seedlings . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2014, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 67-77. DOI
Ceker, Selcuk., Agar, Guleray., Nardemir, Gokce., Anar, Mustafa., Kizil, Hamit Emre., Alpsoy, Lokman. Investigation of Anti-oxidative and Anti-genotoxic Effects of Origanum vulgare L. Essential Oil on Human Lymphocytes In vitro . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2012, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 997-1005. DOI
Valsta, Liisa M., Kilkkinen, Annamari., Mazur, Witold., Nurmi, Tarja., Lampi, Anna-Maija., Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena., Korhonen, Tommi., Adlercreutz, Herman., Pietinen, Pirjo. Phyto-oestrogen database of foods and average intake in Finland. British journal of nutrition, 2003, vol. 89(Suppl. 1), p. S31-S38.
Karpouhtsis, I., Pardali, E., Feggou, E., Kokkini, S., Scouras, ZG., Mavragani-Tsipidou, P. Insecticidal and genotoxic activities of oregano essential oils. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 1998, vol. 46, no. 3, p. 1111-1115. DOI
Demirel, N., Sener, O., Arslan, M., Uremis, I., Uluc, F. T., Cabuk, F. Toxicological Responses of Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium confusum du Val (Coleoptera: Tenebrinoidea) to Various Plant Essential Oils . Asian journal of chemistry, 2009, vol. 21, no. 8, p. 6403-6410.

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