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Plant Mentha aquatica (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Water Mint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot not available 9.0 -0.15 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot not available 13.0 -0.15 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot not available 14.0 -0.15 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
APIGENIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
APIGENIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 70.0 850.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot not available 32.0 -0.35 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot not available 75.0 -0.26 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot not available 115.0 -0.18 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available 2.0 -0.26 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available 4.0 -0.25 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available 8.0 -0.24 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available 9.0 -0.24 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.71 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-ELEMENE 10 Shoot not available 29.0 -0.24 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Shoot not available 55.0 -0.15 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-ELEMENE 10 Shoot not available 65.0 -0.12 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Shoot not available 8.0 -0.33 Umemoto, K., Arai, T., Nii, H. and Furukawa, K. 1993. A New Chemotype of Mentha aquatica Containing Sesquiterpene Alcohols as Major Components. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 67(10): 1417-1419.
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Anticholinesterase 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticholinesterase) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Anticoagulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticoagulant) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticolic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticolic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticomplementary) Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticonvulsant) Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidandruff) A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidepressant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidepressant) Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antidermatitic) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidiarrheic) Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidysenteric) Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiEBV) Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiedemic) Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiescherichic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiescherichic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiesophagitic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiestrogenic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifatigue) Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 8 (View Chemicals list for Antifeedant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiflu) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigliomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antigliomic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiglutamaergic) Duke, 1992 *