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Plant Monarda didyma (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Beebalm, Oswego Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Flower not available 22.0 -0.45 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 30.0 50.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 100.0 2735.0 0.21 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 30.0 310.0 0.22 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant 25.0 240.0 -0.16 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANONE 0 Plant 5.0 40.0 -0.24 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 10.0 110.0 -0.49 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower not available 18.0 -0.70 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 50.0 90.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 5.0 350.0 -0.23 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Flower not available 25.0 -0.62 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 10.0 15.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 5.0 40.0 -0.44 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower not available 20.0 -0.62 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 25.0 40.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 1.0 420.0 -0.16 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 2.0 20.0 -0.55 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Flower not available 10.0 -0.58 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
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Antineuritic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antineuritic) Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antinitrosaminic) Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 (View Chemicals list for Antinociceptive) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antiobesity) Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiobesity?) Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiophidic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiotitic) Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 12 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant (LDL)) Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperiodontic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperistaltic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperoxidant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidative 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperoxidative) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipharyngitic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiplaque) 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
Antiplasmodial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiplasmodial) Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipneumonic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiprogestational) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiproliferant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiproliferative) Duke, 1992 *