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

 Mentha rotundifolia (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Apple Mint
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
1 (+)-PIPERITENONE-OXIDE Leaf 1700.0 4600.0 -0.68 *
0 BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE Leaf -- 600.0 -0.04 *
0 BETA-FARNESENE Leaf -- 800.0 -0.06 *
2 GERMACRENE-D Leaf 2100.0 4300.0 2.96 *
0 ROTUNDIFOLINE Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
*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.