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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 700.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 800.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 10.0 1445.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 13500.0 -0.01 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CARVOMENTHONE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARVONE 19 Leaf 8100.0 26000.0 5.05 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CINEOLE 0 Leaf 40.0 1785.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ISOPULEGONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COPPER 12 Plant not available 20.0 0.66 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
D-3-OCTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *