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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mentha x piperita (Lamiaceae)

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
(+)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Leaf 14.0 145.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-ISOMINTLACTONE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.3 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf 160.0 1590.0 -1.41 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 0.0 440.0 -1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf 5100.0 1.23 *
(-)-LINALYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 3900.0 1.00 *
(-)-MENTHOL 4 Leaf 570.0 22800.0 1.29 *
(-)-MENTHONE 2 Leaf 310.0 12400.0 1.48 *
(-)-MINTLACTONE 0 Leaf 0.3 3.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1,3-DIMETHYL-CYCLOHEXANONE 0 Essential Oil *
1,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 45.0 3000.0 -0.14 *
1-MENTHYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
2-BUTYL-ISOVALERIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf 2.0 20.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-ETHYL-HEX-AN-1-OL 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-HYDROXY-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-METHYL-BUT-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf 0.0 0.1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 *
Antiarthritic 13 *
Antiasthmatic 9 *
Antiatherogenic 3 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 12 *
Antibacillary 2 *
Antibacillus 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 46 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.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 10 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *