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Chemical ID
MYRCENE
Ubiquitous
No
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origanum vulgare | Plant | not available | 6.0 | -0.5 | Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431. |
| Origanum vulgare | Shoot | not available | 585.0 | 0.3 | Lagouri, V., Blekas, G., Tsimidou, M., Kokkini, S., and Boskou, D. 1993. Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Oregano Plants Grown Wild in Greece. Z. Lebensm Unters Forsch 197: 20-23. |
| Origanum vulgare | Plant | not available | 645.0 | 0.2 | Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431. |
| Origanum vulgare | Plant | not available | 5.0 | -0.5 | Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431. |
| Origanum vulgare | Plant | not available | 6.0 | -0.5 | Sezik, E., Tumen, G., Kirimer, N., Ozek, T., and Baser, K.H.C. 1993. Essential Oil Composition of Four Origanum vulgare Subspecies of Anatolian Origin. J. Ess. Oil Res., 5: 425-431. |
| Pastinaca sativa | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pelargonium citrosum | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | -0.3 | Matsuda, B. M., et al. 1996. Essential Oil Analysis and Field Evaluation of the Citrosa Plant 'Pelargonium citrosum' as a Repellent Against Populations of Aedes Mosquitoes. J. Am. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 12(1):69-74. |
| Pelargonium graveolens | Essential Oil | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perilla frutescens | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 9000.0 | -0.5 | Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432. |
| Perilla frutescens | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330. |
| Petroselinum crispum | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 5200.0 | -1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 24000.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Leaf | 18.0 | 255.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Seed | 168.0 | 1680.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phellodendron amurense | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Picea mariana | Twig | not available | 161.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pilocarpus jaborandi | Leaf | not available | 25.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pimenta dioica | Fruit | not available | 45.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pimenta dioica | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | -0.2 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Pimenta racemosa | Leaf | 735.0 | 23800.0 | 8.4 | Duke, 1992 * |