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

 Mentha pulegium (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
European Pennyroyal
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-CAMPHENE Plant 106.0 212.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (+)-CAMPHENE Essential Oil -- 10600.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISO-NEOMENTHOL Essential Oil -- 6500.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISOISOPULEGONE Essential Oil -- 2200.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISOISOPULEGONE Plant 22.0 76.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (+)-ISOMENTHONE Plant 521.0 4140.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISOMENTHONE Essential Oil -- 52100.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISOMENTHONE Leaf Essent. Oil -- 207000.0 -- *
0 (+)-ISOPULEGONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 (+)-ISOPULEGONE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
0 (+)-LIMONENE Plant 10.0 290.0 1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1 (+)-MENTHOL Plant 1624.0 3248.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1 (+)-MENTHOL Essential Oil -- 162400.0 -- *
0 (+)-MENTHONE Plant 680.0 1360.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (+)-MENTHONE Essential Oil -- 68000.0 -- *
0 (+)-NEOISOMENTHOL Plant 65.0 1150.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (+)-NEOMENTHOL Essential Oil -- 30200.0 -- *
0 (+)-NEOMENTHOL Plant 1.0 604.0 -- Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 (+)-OCTAN-3-OL Essential Oil -- 14900.0 -- *
0 (+)-OCTAN-3-OL Plant 149.0 416.0 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.