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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Elsholtzia pilosa (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hairy Mint Shrub
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENOL 0 Shoot 21.0 -1.33 *
NEROL 10 Shoot 1.0 -0.32 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot 6.0 -0.33 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 0.6 -0.50 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Shoot 42.0 -0.59 *
SABINENE 5 Shoot 15.0 -0.28 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 6.0 -0.16 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot 85.0 -0.31 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot 10.0 -0.21 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot 12.0 -0.28 *
VERBENENE 0 Shoot 0.1 -1.40 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimalarial 2 *
Antimelanomic 1 *
Antimutagenic 1 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.
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 *
Antinociceptive 2 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antioxidant 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiplaque 2 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 2 *
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiproliferant 1 *
Antiradicular 1 Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic 1 *