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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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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
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAR-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 700.0 0.01 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 800.0 0.75 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 10.0 1445.0 1.12 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 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 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CARVOMENTHONE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil 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 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
CINEOLE 0 Leaf 40.0 1785.0 -0.62 *
CIS-ISOPULEGONE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
COPPER 12 Plant 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 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
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 13 Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiintegrase 1 *
Antikeratotic 1 *
Antilaryngitic 1 *
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukotriene 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 *
Antilisteria 2 *
Antilithic 2 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLyme 1 *
Antilymphomic 4 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic 1 *