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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
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 2810.0 13160.0 -0.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 2.0 320.0 -0.11 *
LIMONENE-10-OL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 12.0 120.0 -0.37 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 12.0 120.0 -0.56 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 690.0 3230.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf 4350.0 20375.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LITHOSPERMIC-ACID 3 Shoot *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf 120.0 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 1610.0 7540.0 -1.21 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 985.0 6610.0 0.96 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 0.9 6.1 -0.45 *
MENTHACUBANONE 0 Shoot *
MENTHOCUBANONE 0 Shoot *
MENTHOFURAN 5 Plant 0.0 2800.0 -0.21 *
MENTHOFURAN 5 Ay 0.0 2200.0 *
MENTHOKUBANONE 0 Shoot *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf 156.0 20000.0 1.71 *
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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.