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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
MENTHONE 30 Plant 20.0 10000.0 1.12 *
MENTHOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MENTHYL-ACETATE 2 Leaf 8.0 5080.0 1.00 *
MENTHYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MENTHYL-VALERATE 1 Leaf *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 530.0 2480.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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.
MUFA 13 Leaf 330.0 1545.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 1.0 10.0 -0.17 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf 60.0 280.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRTENAL 5 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.66 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf 0.5 5.0 -0.41 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NEO-ISOPULEGOL 0 Essential Oil *
NEOISOMENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
NEOMENTHOL 2 Leaf 33.0 820.0 -0.55 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NEOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 70.0 700.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NEOMENTHYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 15.0 150.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NERAL 4 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NEROL 10 Tissue Culture *
NEROLIDOL 11 Leaf 0.1 0.5 -0.72 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
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
Nociceptive 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.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Ovicide 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasiticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 37 Merck 11th Edition