Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Mentha spicata (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Spearmint, Hortela da Folha Miuda
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
(+)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 550.0 13750.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 23.0 575.0 -1.18 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil 863000.0 *
(+)-MENTHOFURAN 0 Leaf 4.0 100.0 -0.65 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-NEOMENTHOL 0 Leaf 1.0 25.0 -1.39 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-PIPERITENONE-OXIDE 1 Leaf 5700.0 14250.0 1.53 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Essential Oil 0.0 30000.0 -1.00 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 0.0 8300.0 1.61 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(-)-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Leaf 6200.0 6900.0 0.57 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 900.0 2250.0 *
(-)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf 700.0 2000.0 1.27 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Plant *
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Essential Oil *
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Leaf 8.0 200.0 -1.15 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Leaf 438.0 10950.0 1.14 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(-)-PIPERITONE 1 Leaf 24.0 600.0 -1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 3000.0 -1.18 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) 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.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) 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.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 9 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) *
Allelochemic 6 (View) *
Allelopathic 5 (View) *
Allergenic 25 (View) Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 15 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.