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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3(5',5'-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN-2'-YL)-BUT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil 3000.0 1.41 *
3(5',5'-DIMETHYL-TETRAHYDROFURAN-2'-YL)-BUT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf 3.0 75.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-METHYL-BUTYRALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil *
4-HYDROXY-PIPERITONE 0 Essential Oil *
4-HYDROXY-PIPERITONE 0 Plant Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
5-HYDROXY-CARVONE 0 Essential Oil *
5-HYDROXY-CARVONE 0 Plant Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
5-METHYL-HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil *
5-METHYL-HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
8-HYDROXY-9-ACETOXY-MENTH-1-ENE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Essential Oil *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ACETOIN 0 Essential Oil *
ACETOIN 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ACETONE 3 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 *
Antiarthritic 11 *
Antiasthmatic 9 *
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 8 *
Antibacillary 2 *
Antibacillus 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 36 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.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibradykinic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 8 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.