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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
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diuretic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Encephalopathic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 3 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Expectorant 9 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.
FLavor 28 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 16 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.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 2 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 2 *
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition