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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Leaf | 550.0 | 13750.0 | not available | 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 | not available | 863000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-PULEGONE | 4 | Essential Oil | 0.0 | 30000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CARVONE | 0 | Leaf | 6200.0 | 6900.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Leaf | 900.0 | 2250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ISOMENTHONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Leaf | 700.0 | 2000.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MENTHOL | 4 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-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 | not available | 3000.0 | -1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 10 | Martindale's 29th |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Nematicide | 23 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurodepressant | 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. |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neurolytic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Neuropathogenic | 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. |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |