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Plant Calamintha nepeta (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Calamint
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOL 0 Plant not available 25.0 not available J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available 40.0 -0.45 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available 30.0 -0.46 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available 135.0 -0.65 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available 35.0 -0.40 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant not available 385.0 -0.50 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
EO 0 Plant not available 6000.0 -0.28 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Plant not available 10.0 -0.71 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
MENTHOL 63 Plant not available 290.0 -0.42 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
MENTHONE 30 Plant not available 590.0 -0.42 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
P-CYMENE 16 Plant not available 65.0 -0.40 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
PIPERITENONE 3 Plant not available 120.0 -0.83 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 2 Plant not available 150.0 1.00 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Plant not available 135.0 1.00 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
PONCIRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PULEGONE 28 Plant not available 2760.0 -0.33 J. Ethnopharmacology, 39: 167.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Expectorant 2 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.
FLavor 7 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 3 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.
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Glutathionalytic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Hallucinogenic 1 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.
Hepatotoxic 1 Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990.
Herbicide 4 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 6 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Insectifuge 5 Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile 1 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 4 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.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.