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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.