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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | 410.0 | 1920.0 | -0.84 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| DELTA-DODECALACTONE | 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. |
| DELTA-JASMINLACTONE | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | 0.5 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| DIHYDRO-LIMONENE-10-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDRO-TERPINEOL-ACETATE | 0 | 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. |
| DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYL-SULFOXIDE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSPHENOL | 4 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1.41 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| DIPENTENE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 2980.0 | 30000.0 | 1.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 1000.0 | 40000.0 | 2.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERIODICTYOL-7-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 860.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUPATORIN | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 8046.0 | 54000.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FENCHENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 80000.0 | 370000.0 | 2.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 114000.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 323000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLATE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |