Satu Health Dictionary

(American) Born on a Saturday Saturdaye, Saterday, Satarday, Satirday, Saturdai, Saturdae, Saterdai, Saterdae... saturday

Linn.

Family: Labiatae; Lamiaceae.

Habitat: Native to Mediterranean region; found in Kashmir.

English: Summer Savory. Winter Savory is equated with S. montana L.

Action: Flowering top—carminative, digestive, laxative, stomachic, diuretic, sudorific and vermifuge. Used in flatulent colic and menstrual suppression. A tea (of leaves) is given as a carminative and expectorant. Essential oil—antibacterial, antifungal, spasmolytic.

The plant gave fluorine, labiatic acid, ursolic acid and beta-sitosterol. Labi- atic acid is antioxidant. The volatile oil consists mainly of carvacrol with p- cymene, beta-pinene, beta-phellandre- ne, limonene and borneol.

The volatile oil of S. montana contains carvacrol, p-cymene and thymol with alpha-and beta-pinene, cineole and borneol.... satureja hortensis

(Spanish) Gift of Saturn, the god of agriculture

Saturneena, Saturnyna, Saturninia, Saturniniya, Saturneana... saturnina

See fats and oils; nutrition.... saturated fats

a *fatty acid in which all the carbon atoms are linked by single bonds and the molecule is unable to accept additional atoms (i.e. it cannot undergo addition reactions with other molecules). These fats occur mainly in animal and dairy products, and a diet high in these foods may contribute to a high serum cholesterol level, which may increase the risk of *coronary artery disease. Compare unsaturated fatty acid.... saturated fatty acid