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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproteolytic | 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. |
| Antipruritic | 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. |
| Antipulmonotic | 1 | Tyler, V.E.. 1994. |
| Antipurpuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiRNA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 16 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisinusitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispasmodic | 18 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistreptococcic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |