Plant Melissa officinalis (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 Sort descending	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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