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

Common Names

Peppermint

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Subspecies

nothosubsp. piperita

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	410.0	1920.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DELTA-DODECALACTONE	1	Leaf	0.0	0.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DELTA-JASMINLACTONE	0	Leaf	0.1	0.5	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DIHYDRO-LIMONENE-10-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-TERPINEOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	0.0	0.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFOXIDE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOL	4	Leaf	0.0	0.1	-1.41	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DIPENTENE	7	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2980.0	30000.0	1.62	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	1000.0	40000.0	2.30	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL-7-O-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	860.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPATORIN	8	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	8046.0	54000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	80000.0	370000.0	2.58	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Leaf	not available	114000.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Leaf	not available	323000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
FOLATE	0	Leaf	1.0	5.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.