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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
KETONES 0 Plant 336.0 1008.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
L-MENTHOL 3 Plant 373.0 29515.0 *
L-MENTHYL-ACETATE 2 Plant 85.0 4815.0 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 20.0 3520.0 3.26 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINALOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 690.0 2215.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 690.0 2215.0 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2830.0 -0.38 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MANGANESE 14 Plant 44.0 -0.38 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MENTHOFURAN 5 Plant 4200.0 12600.0 1.69 *
MENTHOFUROLACTONE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MENTHOL 63 Leaf 1000.0 24385.0 2.22 *
MENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 60.0 2215.0 1.00 *
MENTHONE 30 Leaf 250.0 25680.0 2.61 *
MENTHONE 30 Plant 71.0 24000.0 3.41 *
MENTHONONE 0 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 10.0 2485.0 0.72 *
NEOISOMENTHOL 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Litholytic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 6 Martindale's 29th
Nematicide 8 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 1 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.
Neurodepressant 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.
Neuropathogenic 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.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 4 *