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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
MENTHYL-ACETATE 2 Plant 43.0 275.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
MYRCENE 22 Shoot 17.0 550.0 0.29 *
MYRTENAL 5 Shoot 1.0 100.0 -0.19 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot 1.0 35.0 -0.19 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
NEODIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Shoot 50.0 645.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEODIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 0.0 315.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
NONANAL 0 Shoot 1.0 22.0 2.33 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
OCTANOL 0 Shoot 1.0 34.0 2.23 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
OCTANYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 0.0 125.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 1.0 23.0 -0.48 *
PHENYLETHYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE 2 Shoot 1.0 60.0 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
PIPERITENONE 3 Shoot 1.0 9920.0 3.37 *
PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 2 Shoot 1.0 22380.0 2.64 *
PIPERITOL 0 Plant *
PIPERITONE 7 Shoot 0.0 30400.0 5.69 *
PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Shoot 5700.0 30400.0 1.41 *
PULEGONE 28 Shoot 0.0 26600.0 -0.06 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 29000.0 0.04 *
ROTUNDIFOLINE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 *
Antineuralgic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 *
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinociceptive 2 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 *
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiotitic 1 *
Antioxidant 13 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiplaque 3 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 2 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiproliferant 5 *