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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antibacterial | 26 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticancer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticariogenic | 6 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticataract | 2 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticholinesterase | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Anticholinesterase? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticomplementary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |