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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-3-HEXENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 225.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Shoot | 28.0 | 325.0 | not available | Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991. |
| CIS-CARVEOL | 0 | Shoot | 10.0 | 115.0 | -0.20 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-CARVYL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 530.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 5090.0 | -0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-JASMONE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 85.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Shoot | 1.0 | 685.0 | 2.64 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-PIPERITONE-OXIDE | 0 | Shoot | 1.0 | 9765.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Shoot | 0.0 | 140.0 | 0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVEOL | 2 | Shoot | 1.0 | 3150.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE | 1 | Shoot | 0.0 | 3570.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSMETIN-7-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSMIN | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSPHENOL | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 10000.0 | 38000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERIODICTYOL-7-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Shoot | 1.0 | 75.0 | -0.07 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Shoot | 0.0 | 57.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Shoot | 1.0 | 115.0 | -0.44 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergenic | 1 | Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991. |
| Antiallergic | 6 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988. |
| Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 24 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |