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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot 11.0 70.0 -0.13 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot 7.0 1065.0 -0.04 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot 0.0 170.0 0.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 0.0 605.0 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot 1.0 1175.0 0.93 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Shoot 0.0 85.0 1.41 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
APIGENIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Shoot 1.0 535.0 4.32 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 30.0 4155.0 8.01 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Shoot 0.0 1585.0 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot 19.0 200.0 0.16 Planta Medica, 57: A83, 1991.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Shoot 0.0 275.0 0.59 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 28.0 1160.0 -0.04 *
BETA-YLANGENE 0 Shoot 0.0 340.0 1.74 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 1.0 1250.0 0.81 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Shoot 1.0 175.0 -0.12 Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oils from Mentha longifolia Growing in Sinai and Israel. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 57.
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 0.0 385.0 -0.10 *
CARVONE 19 Shoot 0.0 29560.0 5.14 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Shoot 110.0 9995.0 4.38 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Shoot 0.0 835.0 1.43 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidicide 10 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.
Candidistat 3 *
Capillariprotective 1 Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic 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.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 *
Carminative 5 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.
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrotoxic 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chemopreventive 3 *
Choleretic 6 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Ciliotoxic 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.
Circulodepressant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 5 *
CNS-Stimulant 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *