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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
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antiviral 10 *
Antivulvitic 1 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 2 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 3 *
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Avifuge 1 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Bronchomucolytic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic 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.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorrheic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Calcium-Antagonist 6 *
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.