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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
Spasmogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Toxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Tranquilizer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *