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Common Names
American Pennyroyal
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMONENE | 60 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 36.0 | 180.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOFURAN | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOFURAN | 5 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOFURAN | 5 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Plant | 6.0 | 30.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Plant | 36.0 | 420.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-SALICYLATE | 21 | 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. |
| METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 30.0 | 150.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-3-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTYLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antioxidant | 7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiperiodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipodagric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | 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. |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 4 | O'Connell, M.J., Webster, N.R. 1989. Hyperoxia and salicylate metabolism in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 205-206, 1990. |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |