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Common Names
American Pennyroyal
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPERITENONE | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 1410.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITENONE | 3 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 47000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Plant | 12.0 | 270.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 9000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUGELONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Leaf | 17.0 | 50.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Plant | 3678.0 | 27600.0 | 2.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 823000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Stem | 0.5 | 3.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Plant | 18.0 | 90.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiviral | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivulvitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Astringent | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Avifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bronchomucolytic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Bronchomucotropic | 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. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorrheic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 10 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 7 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Candidistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carminative | 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. |
| Cerebrotoxic | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 24. |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |