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Plant Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Biblical 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
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot 1.0 45.0 -0.43 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot 140.0 8850.0 4.59 Duke, 1992 *
HEDYOSMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HESPERIDIN 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERITIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTANAL 0 Shoot 10.0 38.0 not available Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
ISODIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 35.0 370.0 not available Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ISOMENTHOL 1 Shoot 0.0 190.0 -0.66 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Shoot 0.0 16065.0 2.32 Duke, 1992 *
ISOMENTHYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 0.0 95.0 -1.00 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ISOPIPERITENONE 0 Shoot 1.0 115.0 2.06 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 7.0 3040.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Shoot 10.0 33360.0 5.83 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot 10.0 33360.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 3 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MENTHOFURAN 5 Shoot 0.0 14570.0 2.45 Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Shoot 0.0 620.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE 30 Shoot 0.0 4485.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 3 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 204.
Antihistaminic 6 Ortiz De Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., Sevilla, M.A., San Roman, L. 1989. Antihistaminic activity of pulegone on the guinea-pig ileum. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 295-296, 1990.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 17 Martindale's 28th