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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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MENTHONE

Chemical ID
MENTHONE
Ubiquitous
No
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Acaricide *
Allelopathic *
Analgesic *
Antiacetylcholinesterase IC50=1.4 mM *
Antiaggregant IC50=750 *
Antiallergic J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antibacillary MIC=1.25 mg/ml *
Antibacterial MIC=0.625-5 mg/ml *
Antiescherichic MIC=5 mg/ml *
Antihistaminic J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antilisteria MIC=1.25 mg/ml *
Antisalmonella MIC=5 mg/ml *
Antiseptic 2.25 x phenol Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antispasmodic ED50=0.044 mg/ml Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic MIC=0.625-2.5 mg/ml *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide MIC=2.5 mg/ml *
Cerebrotoxic orl man J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Culicide LC50=156-194 mg/l *
FLavor FEMA 5-50 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Mentha aquatica Leaf 23.0 212.0 -0.6 *
Mentha aquatica Shoot 0.1 -0.8 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
Mentha aquatica Shoot Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
Mentha aquatica Shoot 2.0 -0.8 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
Mentha aquatica Shoot Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
Mentha aquatica Shoot Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Leaf 250.0 25680.0 2.6 *
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Plant 71.0 24000.0 3.4 *
Mentha longifolia Shoot 0.0 4485.0 -0.1 *
Mentha pulegium Essential Oil 1000.0 80000.0 1.0 *
Mentha pulegium Shoot *
Mentha pulegium Plant 10.0 6160.0 0.5 *
Mentha pulegium Plant 50.0 6160.0 0.5 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Mentha sp Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mentha spicata Leaf 4.0 1300.0 -0.5 *
Mentha spicata Leaf 438.0 10950.0 0.7 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Mentha spicata Essential Oil *
Mentha x piperita Plant 20.0 10000.0 1.1 *
Mentha x rotundifolia Leaf 0.0 -0.6 Jim Duke's personal files.
Micromeria congesta Leaf 165.0 170.0 -0.6 Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1991. Composition of the Essential Oil of Micromeria congesta. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 387-393.