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Common Names
Peppermint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
nothosubsp. piperita
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-COPAENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf | 0.3 | 3.0 | -0.87 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 10.0 | 400.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-THUJONE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-YLANGENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOELEMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| BISABOLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BOVOLIDE | 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. |
| BUTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Essential Oil | 0.0 | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADINENE | 4 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2414.0 | 16200.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 2.0 | 25.0 | -0.18 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 82993.0 | 557000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Leaf | 4.0 | 132.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitussive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivulvitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphidifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |