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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Biblical 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 Shoot 1.0 3190.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 30.0 10930.0 0.02 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Shoot 1.0 150.0 0.03 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-CARENE 0 Shoot 10.0 130.0 -1.00 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Shoot 0.0 20.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-PENTADECANONE 0 Shoot 15.0 395.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
3-CARENE 0 Shoot 0.0 30.0 1.42 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
3-OCTANOL 2 Shoot 1.0 2395.0 5.32 *
3-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 0.0 40.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4-HYDROXY-PIPERITONE 0 Shoot 1.0 1065.0 *
4-HYDROXYPIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Shoot 150.0 570.0 Fitoterapia No.60: 349.
5,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-7,3'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
5,6,4'-TRIHYDROXY-7,3'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXYCHROMONE-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
ACACETIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Shoot 0.0 380.0 0.31 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Shoot 34.0 250.0 3.67 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 45.0 285.0 -0.23 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Shoot 18.0 100.0 1.46 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Shoot 0.0 1.0 -1.01 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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