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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BETA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 0.3 3.0 -0.87 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 10.0 400.0 0.16 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Essential Oil *
BETA-YLANGENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETAINE 14 Leaf *
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
BISABOLENE 0 Essential Oil Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BOVOLIDE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil 0.0 0.0 *
CADINENE 4 Essential Oil *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2414.0 16200.0 -0.15 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 2.0 25.0 -0.18 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 82993.0 557000.0 -0.44 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil *
CARVEOL 1 Essential Oil *
CARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
CARVONE 19 Leaf 4.0 132.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Essential Oil *
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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.