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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-OCTANOL | 2 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | -0.64 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | not available | 20.0 | -0.47 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.60 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 184000.0 | 2.69 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 90.0 | 100.0 | -0.44 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Plant | not available | 6.0 | -0.82 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | not available | 11.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 500.0 | -0.70 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Plant | 240.0 | 260.0 | -0.20 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 9.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.47 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Allergenic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Analgesic | 2 | Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiasthmatic | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Anticancer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 2 | 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. |
| Anticonvulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |