Chemical MYRCENE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

MYRCENE

Ubiquitous

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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
ACE-Inhibitor	100 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	100 ug/ml	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allergenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	not available	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antibacterial	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	not available	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antinitrosaminic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	10-20 mg/kg ipr mus	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinociceptive	20-40 mg/kg scu mus	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antioxidant	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antispasmodic	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Chemopreventive	not available	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
FLavor	FEMA 0.5-9	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	not available	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Hypothermic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	not available	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Myorelaxant	100-200 mg/kg	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	IC50=0.14 uM	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Pinus mugo	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Pinus sylvestris	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	34500.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus sylvestris	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus sylvestris	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus sylvestris	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Piper auritum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
Piper cubeba	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Piper cubeba	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum	Fruit Essent. Oil	22300.0	64000.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pistacia lentiscus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Porophyllum ruderale	Plant	35.0	55.0	-0.4	Loayza, I., de Groot, W., Lorenzo, D. et al. 1999. Composition of the essential oil of Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass. from Bolivia. Flav. & Fragr. J. 14: 393-8.
Prunella vulgaris	Plant	not available	300.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Prunella vulgaris	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus armeniaca	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava	Fruit	not available	27000.0	3.8	Duke, 1992 *
Ptychopetalum olacoides	Root Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	-0.6	Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.