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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Monarda citriodora (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Lemon Mint
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
CARVACROL 37 Flower 385.0 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
CARVACROL 37 Leaf 250.0 -0.19 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
CARVACROL 37 Plant 316.0 -0.82 *
CITRAL 53 Plant *
DIHYDROCARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Plant 11.0 -0.68 *
EO 0 Flower 10000.0 -0.09 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
EO 0 Leaf 7000.0 -0.40 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
EO 0 Shoot 10000.0 -0.03 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Flower 1330.0 1.72 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 0.1 -0.37 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 29.0 -0.52 *
ISOMENTHONE 3 Plant 34.0 -0.70 *
LIMONENE 60 Flower 40.0 -0.61 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 35.0 -0.41 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
LIMONENE 60 Plant 89.0 90.0 -0.43 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 47.0 -0.42 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 24.0 -0.57 *
MYRCENE 22 Flower 205.0 1.99 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 15.0 -0.17 Collins, J.E., Bishop, C.D., Deans, S.G. and Svoboda, K.P. 1994. Composition of the Essential Oil from the Leaves and Flowers of Monarda citriodora var. citriodora grown in the United Kingdom. J. Ess. Oil Res. 6: 27-9.
MYRCENE 22 Plant 14.0 -0.46 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 1 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 *
Antimelanomic 2 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 *
Antinociceptive 2 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 10 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antiperiodontic 2 *
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiplaque 3 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *