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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 0.3 3.0 -0.87 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 10.0 400.0 0.16 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Essential Oil *
BETA-YLANGENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETAINE 14 Leaf *
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
BISABOLENE 0 Essential Oil Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BOVOLIDE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Essential Oil 0.0 0.0 *
CADINENE 4 Essential Oil *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2414.0 16200.0 -0.15 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 2.0 25.0 -0.18 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 82993.0 557000.0 -0.44 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil *
CARVEOL 1 Essential Oil *
CARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
CARVONE 19 Leaf 4.0 132.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leucocytogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 3 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 7 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 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.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).