Plant Hedeoma pulegioides (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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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
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ciliotoxic	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.
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Congestant	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.
Convulsant	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant	4	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant?	1	Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.