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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium-Antagonist | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 45 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 14 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Candidistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic? | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Cardiodepressant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carminative | 7 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebrotoxic | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 24. |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |