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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
NEVADENSIN 6 Leaf *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 17.0 114.0 0.20 *
NONAN-1-OL 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
O-CRESOL 6 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
OCIMENE 2 Essential Oil *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-OL 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf 4.0 70.0 -0.44 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 290.0 1360.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Shoot *
P-CRESOL 8 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 2.5 30.0 -0.38 *
P-CYMOL 0 Leaf 4.0 130.0 -0.49 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTHANE 0 Essential Oil *
P-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 1760.0 8245.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Leaf 20.0 95.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 3.0 16.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Shoot 30000.0 -1.00 *
PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf 0.5 5.0 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
Antiaging 4 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 13 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 *
Antialzheimeran? 4 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 *