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How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MENTHONE | 30 | Shoot | not available | 13600.0 | 1.49 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHYLBENZENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 300.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot | not available | 15.0 | -0.33 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| N-UNDECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NAPHTHALENE | 1 | Shoot | not available | 3500.0 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NARIRUTIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | 26.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NONANAL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 10.0 | 0.50 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| OCT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 4800.0 | 2.24 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2800.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTAN-3-ONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 300.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | -0.50 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| PARA-8-HYDROXY-MENTH-(4-5)-EN-3-ONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2500.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PARA-CYMENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PERILLALDEHYDE | 11 | Shoot | not available | 710.0 | 1.00 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| PIPERITENONE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 45.0 | -0.45 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Shoot | not available | 1300.0 | 0.03 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | 332200.0 | -0.25 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Shoot | not available | 690400.0 | 5.17 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Shoot | not available | 430.0 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | -0.27 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Chemopreventive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholesterolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cicatrizant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ciliotoxic | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| CNS-Depressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Stimulant | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Congestant | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Convulsant | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Counterirritant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |