Plant Mentha spicata (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ETHYL-N-VALERATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-N-VALERATE	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.
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL	76	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FARNESOL	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FAT	0	Plant	6000.0	50519.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	20000.0	118000.0	-0.77	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FOLATE	0	Leaf	1.0	7.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	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.
GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	2.0	33.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	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.
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	3580.0	24775.0	-0.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticarcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	11	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.