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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mentha x piperita (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Peppermint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
nothosubsp. piperita
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PENTAL-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
PERILLYA-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf 0.1 0.5 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Leaf 0.1 0.5 -1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Leaf 2.0 20.0 -0.76 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID 2 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 1910.0 8945.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1150.0 7720.0 0.51 *
PHYTOL 1 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 130.0 610.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PINENE 12 Leaf 2.0 23.0 -1.01 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PIPERITENONE 3 Essential Oil *
PIPERITONE 7 Leaf 0.0 500.0 -0.09 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PIPERITONE-OXIDE 0 Plant *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3367.0 22600.0 -0.34 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1540.0 7215.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 36952.0 248000.0 0.36 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 127000.0 -0.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PUFA 4 Leaf 5080.0 23795.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PULEGONE 28 Leaf 3.0 4000.0 -0.17 *
PYRIDINE 3 Leaf 0.0 0.0 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antituberculic 1 *
Antitumor 18 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 2 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 7 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 7 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 4 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.