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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ROTUNDIFOLINE 0 Shoot 3320.0 12615.0 *
SABINENE 5 Shoot 20.0 750.0 0.50 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 0.0 1125.0 6.08 *
TAU-CADINOL 0 Shoot 0.0 2700.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 1.0 800.0 0.16 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Shoot 0.0 20.0 -0.23 *
THYMOL 71 Shoot 1.0 15.0 -0.33 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
THYMONINE 0 Plant *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Shoot 1.0 340.0 -0.14 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 1.0 -0.62 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Shoot 0.0 6965.0 2.52 *
TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Shoot 0.0 85.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Shoot 1.0 38.0 -0.08 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Shoot 80.0 26900.0 1.41 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Shoot 1.0 80.0 -0.12 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
UMBELLULONE 6 Shoot 27.0 168.0 1.41 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
VIRIDIFLOROL 1 Shoot 0.0 85.0 0.28 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Congestant 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Counterirritant 3 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Culicide 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Decongestant 1 *
Decongestant? 1 Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice 2 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 *