Origanum Syriacum

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Origanum Syriacum

Species: Origanum Syriacum

Common English Name: Syrian Marjoram

Common Arabic Name: زعتر بري‏

Location: the Baskinta Mountain at an altitude of up to 1500 meters

Wild			Cultivated
Compound	RI	Area %	Compound	RI	Area %
thujene	912	2.49	thujene	916	2.15
α-pinene	918	1.34	α-pinene	923	1.56
camphene	933	0.24	camphene	937	0.22
β-pinene	961	0.34	β-pinene	965	0.33
myrcene	977	2.69	myrcene	982	3.25
α-phellandrene	991	0.54	α-phellandrene	995	0.83
α-terpinene	1003	3.57	δ-Carene	998	0.19
p-cymene	1014	12.82	α-terpinene	1009	5.39
γ-terpinene	1049	16.06	Para-cymene	1020	14.62
terpinolene	1076	0.21	Limonene	1022	0.72
borneol	1156	0.22	β-ocimene	1028	0.12
terpinen-4-ol	1172	0.64	β-ocimene	1040	0.2
thymol	1279	2.62	γ-terpinene	1057	20.15
carvacrol	1302	50.03	Cis sabinene hydrate	1063	0.86
β-caryophyllene	1404	2.94	terpinolene	1077	0.28
aromadendrene	1422	0.12	Linalool	1091	0.29
α-humulene	1438	0.27	Terpinole – 4 - ol	1171	0.12
bicyclogermacrene	1478	0.11	thymol	1293	25.53
caryophyllene oxide	1569	0.13	carvacrol	1305	15.6
		97.38	β-caryophyllene	1412	4.55
			α-humulene	1444	0.34
			β-Bisabolene	1496	0.22
			γ- cadinene	1501	0.13
			caryophyllene oxide	1574	0.12
					97.77

Related Publications

Atallah, S., Production, postharvest and economic potentials of Origanum syriacum as a new crop in Lebanon, 2006.View Abstract
Kassaify, Z., Gerges, DD., Jaber, LS., Hamadeh, SK., Saliba, NA., Talhouk, SN., Barbour, EK., Bioactivity of origanum syriacum essential oil against candida albicans, Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 2008 14 (3-4):185-199. View Abstract
Dankar, S., Evaluation of a vaccine and a newly developed essential oil against H9N2-avian Influenza, 2006. View Thesis
Gergis, D., Development of essential oil-based vaginal douche against Candidiasis, 2007. View Thesis

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