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Plant Hedeoma pulegioides (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
American Pennyroyal
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
(+)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Plant 36.0 420.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 6.0 30.0 -0.55 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXAN-3-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-CYCLOHEXAN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 48.0 240.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant 18.0 90.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 18.0 90.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 30.0 150.0 0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 24.0 210.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Pollen Or Spore not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 12.0 180.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Pollen Or Spore not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 11 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 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.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 3 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.