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

Common Names

Peppermint

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Subspecies

nothosubsp. piperita

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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
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	6.0	38.9	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Plant	not available	30000.0	0.10	Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
ROSMARINIC-ACID	57	Shoot	700.0	1800.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	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.
SABINENE	5	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE-HYDRATE	0	Leaf	5.0	110.0	-0.99	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SALICYLATES	7	Leaf	not available	700.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
SALVIGENIN	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.2	1.1	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Leaf	1460.0	6840.0	-0.89	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Leaf	2460.0	11520.0	-0.13	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SIDERITOFLAVONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	291.0	1950.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	250.0	1170.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Plant	60000.0	120000.0	-0.05	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	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.

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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
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	6	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.