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

Plant Hedeoma pulegioides (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
American Pennyroyal
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Essential Oil *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Plant *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Essential Oil *
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Plant 36.0 420.0 -1.00 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 6.0 30.0 -0.55 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXAN-3-ONE 0 Essential Oil *
1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXAN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 48.0 240.0 0.07 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant 18.0 90.0 -0.47 *
3-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 18.0 90.0 -0.57 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 30.0 150.0 0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 24.0 210.0 -0.33 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Pollen Or Spore 4000.0 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 12.0 180.0 -0.24 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Pollen Or Spore 2000.0 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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