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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(+)-1,2-EPOXYNEOMENTHYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 5000.0 *
(+)-8-ACETOXY-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CARVONE 2 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 240.0 7062.0 1.26 *
(+)-MENTHOFURAN 0 Leaf 32.0 -0.76 *
(+)-MENTHYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 300.0 1900.0 *
(+)-NEOMENTHOL 0 Leaf 1100.0 2200.0 0.92 *
(+)-OCTAN-3-ONE 0 Leaf 9000.0 27000.0 *
(+)-PIPERITENONE 0 Leaf 400.0 700.0 *
(+)-PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 1 Leaf 2900.0 -1.07 *
(+)-PIPERITONE 0 Leaf 1400.0 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 1100.0 8400.0 1.64 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Plant 25455.0 1.00 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Leaf 500.0 600.0 *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-CARVONE 0 Leaf 7300.0 0.84 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf 1600.0 0.67 *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf 3900.0 4000.0 0.74 *
(-)-LINALYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 0.0 -1.00 *
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Leaf 1500.0 9600.0 -0.14 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 1 *
Termiticide 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Toxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Trichomonicide 7 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 5 *