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Common Names
Applemint
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-PIPERITENONE-OXIDE | 1 | Leaf | 8.0 | 8510.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-PULEGONE | 4 | Leaf | not available | 170.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CARVONE | 0 | Leaf | 240.0 | 4000.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 1,2-EPOXY-(1S,2S,3R,4S)-MENTHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 1,2-EPOXY-NEOMENTHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | 6.0 | 7390.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALLO-CYMENE | 2 | Shoot | 6.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | 16.0 | 280.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 4.0 | 430.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 9.0 | 330.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | 25.0 | 420.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 16300.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 0.0 | 20.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Leaf | 260.0 | 5000.0 | 0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Leaf | 4.0 | 120.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Shoot | 9.0 | 150.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABeta-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 2 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
| Allelochemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 4 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 8 | Martindale's 29th |
| Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 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. |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |