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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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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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 6.0 38.9 0.00 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 30000.0 0.10 Fitoterapia No.62: 166.
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 700.0 1800.0 -0.77 *
RUTIN 87 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil *
SABINENE-ACETATE 0 Plant *
SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 5.0 110.0 -0.99 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 700.0 0.95 *
SALVIGENIN 0 Essential Oil *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 1.1 -0.30 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 1460.0 6840.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Leaf 2460.0 11520.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SIDERITOFLAVONE 4 Leaf *
SILICON 4 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 291.0 1950.0 -0.30 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 250.0 1170.0 0.14 *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TANNINS 0 Plant 60000.0 120000.0 -0.05 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 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
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 4 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic 4 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 8 Martindale's 29th
Narcotic 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 20 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
Nephrotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurodepressant 1 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.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuropathogenic 1 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.
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotoxic 4 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *