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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | not available | 12.1 | 0.79 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Leaf | 2.0 | 12.1 | 1.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | 1540.0 | 7215.0 | -0.86 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THYMOL | 71 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Leaf | 2.0 | 11.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-PIPERITOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.5 | 5.0 | -0.56 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 0.1 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Leaf | 580.0 | 2715.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Leaf | 1130.0 | 5295.0 | -0.75 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | 1870.0 | 8760.0 | -1.10 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANILLIN | 28 | 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. |
| VIRIDIFLOROL | 1 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.65 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| VITAMIN-B-6 | 0 | Leaf | 1.3 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 851000.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOMICROL | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Ethanolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 16 | 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. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 41 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 29 | 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. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrosedative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionalytic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. |