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Chemical MENTHONE

Chemical ID
MENTHONE
Ubiquitous
No
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Fungicide not available Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide LC50=156-194 mg/l Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide LC50=156-194 mg/l Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide MLC=1 mg/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Perfumery not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Psychoactive not available Duke, 1992 *
Sedative not available Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
Trichomonicide LD100=600 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Acinos suaveolens Shoot not available 13600.0 1.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Acorus calamus Rhizome not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Agastache pallidiflora Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Agastache urticifolia Plant not available 546.0 -0.4 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Agathosma betulina Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Calamintha nepeta Plant not available 590.0 -0.4 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
Calamintha nepeta Leaf not available 1.0 -0.6 Akgul, A., De Pooter, H.L., and De Buyck, L.F. 1991. The Essential Oils of Calamintha nepeta subsp. glandulosa and Ziziphora clinopodioides from Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 7-10.
Dracocephalum thymiflora Plant not available 28.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Elettaria cardamomum Seed Essent. Oil not available 57700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Elytrigia repens Plant 5.0 10.0 -0.5 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Elytrigia repens Rhizome not available 7.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Hedeoma drummondii Plant 1.0 126.0 -0.5 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Hedeoma pulegioides Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Hedeoma pulegioides Pollen Or Spore not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Hedeoma pulegioides Plant 36.0 420.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Lepechinia calycina Plant not available 30.0 -0.5 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.