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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
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