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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PENTAL-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERILLYA-ALCOHOL	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.
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL	14	Leaf	0.1	0.5	-1.00	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PHELLANDRENE	4	Leaf	2.0	20.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	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.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	1910.0	8945.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	1150.0	7720.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Leaf	130.0	610.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PINENE	12	Leaf	2.0	23.0	-1.01	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PIPERITENONE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE	7	Leaf	0.0	500.0	-0.09	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PIPERITONE-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	3367.0	22600.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	1540.0	7215.0	-0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	36952.0	248000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	127000.0	-0.38	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PUFA	4	Leaf	5080.0	23795.0	0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PULEGONE	28	Leaf	3.0	4000.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE	3	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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *