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Common Names
Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-PHENETHYL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | 3000.0 | 137000.0 | 2.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 9.0 | 3425.0 | 4.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOELEMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOELEMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| CADINOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1990.0 | 13770.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Plant | 80000.0 | 588300.0 | 0.16 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 12 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Insectifuge | 26 | Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993. |
| Insectifuge? | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insectiphile | 3 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 28 | 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. |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |