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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
CEDRENE 1 Essential Oil *
CEDROL 3 Essential Oil *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot *
CHOLINE 20 Plant 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 *
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 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil *
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 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 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil *
COBALT 2 Leaf 1.4 9.3 -0.24 *
COPPER 12 Plant 3.0 15.0 0.11 *
COSMOSIIN 4 Shoot *
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 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 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.