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Plant Elsholtzia pilosa (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hairy Mint Shrub
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
MYRCENOL 0 Shoot not available 21.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Shoot not available 1.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot not available 6.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available 0.6 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Shoot not available 42.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Shoot not available 15.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot not available 6.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot not available 85.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot not available 10.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot not available 12.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
VERBENENE 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -1.40 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 11 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 14 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 4 Duke, 1992 *