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
ARGININE	14	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1510.0	10450.0	-0.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	135.0	9200.0	0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Plant	16000.0	140485.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	3880.0	26850.0	-0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	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.
BENZYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	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.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	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.
BENZYL-ISOBUTYRATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOBUTYRATE	1	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-BOURBONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Leaf	2.0	50.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	2.0	175.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	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-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	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.

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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.