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
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-HUMULENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-IONONE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	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-LIMONENE-1,2-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LIMONENE-1,2-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.
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Leaf	700.0	1750.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OCIMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	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-PHENETHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-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.
BETA-PHENETHYL-ISOBUTYRATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ISOBUTYRATE	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-PHENETHYL-ISOVALERATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ISOVALERATE	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-PHENETHYL-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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.