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Plant Melissa officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Balm; Lemonbalm; Melissa; Bee Balm
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
(+)-CITRONELLAL 0 Shoot 2.0 975.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-HUMULENE-EPOXIDE 0 Shoot not available 0.1 not available Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Shoot 0.0 50.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Plant 1.0 8.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Gbolade, A.A. and Lockwood, G.B. 1991. The Constituents of Melissa officinalis L. Cultures. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 111-114.
2Z,4E,6E-ALLOFARNESENE 0 Shoot not available 0.1 not available Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
3-OCTANOL 2 Shoot 0.0 8.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANONE 0 Shoot 1.0 15.0 -0.24 Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
3E,6E-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Shoot 5.0 40.0 not available Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0 Shoot 3.0 24.0 2.40 Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.50 Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Shoot 1.0 120.0 1.51 Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Shoot 2.0 120.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot 0.1 38.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot 1.0 80.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Shoot 3.0 24.0 -0.07 Deutsche Apot. Ziit. 129(4):155-163. W. Schulze et al. Die Melisse.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Gbolade, A.A. and Lockwood, G.B. 1991. The Constituents of Melissa officinalis L. Cultures. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 111-114.
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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
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 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.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 12 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th