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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE-10-OL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	0.9	6.1	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHACUBANONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOCUBANONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOFURAN	5	Plant	0.0	2800.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOFURAN	5	Ay	0.0	2200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOKUBANONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf	156.0	20000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Dermal	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Dermatitigenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Digestive	1	Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic	12	Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	3	Wealth of India.
Encephalopathic	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	2	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	4	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.