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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mentha arvensis var. piperascens (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Cornmint; Field Mint; Japanese Mint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NEOISOPULEGONE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf 0.0 10200.0 2.44 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 9.0 29.0 -0.38 *
P-CYMOL 0 Leaf 562.0 1800.0 0.16 *
P-MENTHAN-TRANS-2,5-DIOL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PIPERITENONE 3 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 2 Leaf 260.0 7320.0 0.88 *
PIPERITONE 7 Leaf 13.0 1285.0 0.32 *
PIPERITONE 7 Leaf 240.0 7700.0 3.70 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Leaf 320.0 5135.0 0.50 *
PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 35100.0 0.93 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
PULEGONE 28 Plant 100.0 24960.0 2.12 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
RESIN 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Leaf 71.0 228.0 -0.98 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 28000.0 -0.02 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 30.0 160.0 -0.37 *
SANTENE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SH 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 4 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.
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrodepressant 1 *
Cerebrotoxic 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Choleretic 5 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
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 5 *
CNS-Stimulant 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
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.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 3 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.
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95