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Plant 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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List of plant chemicals.
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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 not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-8-ACETOXY-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CARVONE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 240.0 7062.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MENTHOFURAN 0 Leaf not available 32.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MENTHYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 300.0 1900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NEOMENTHOL 0 Leaf 1100.0 2200.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-OCTAN-3-ONE 0 Leaf 9000.0 27000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PIPERITENONE 0 Leaf 400.0 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 1 Leaf not available 2900.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PIPERITONE 0 Leaf not available 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 1100.0 8400.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Plant not available 25455.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Leaf 500.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-CARVONE 0 Leaf not available 7300.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf not available 1600.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf 3900.0 4000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available 0.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Leaf 1500.0 9600.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholinesterase 3 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 2 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
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 2 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiDNA 1 Duke, 1992 *