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Common Names
Peppermint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
nothosubsp. piperita
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEDRENE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEDROL | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Leaf | 2.0 | 1200.0 | -0.73 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CINEROL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.5 | 5.0 | -0.34 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CIS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 0.3 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CIS-SABINOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRONELLIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 1.4 | 9.3 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | 3.0 | 15.0 | 0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.99 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CRYPTONE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.30 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CUMIN-ALCOHOL | 1 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CYCLOPENTANOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiretinotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 10 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 31 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 27 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |