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Common Names
Peppermint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
nothosubsp. piperita
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 15 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Insectifuge | 27 | Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993. |
| Insectifuge? | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insectiphile | 3 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 26 | 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. |
| Juvabional | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lactagogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 5 | Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986. |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |