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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Flower 22.0 -0.45 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 30.0 50.0 -0.52 *
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 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower 18.0 -0.70 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 50.0 90.0 -0.22 *
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 25.0 -0.62 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 10.0 15.0 -0.30 *
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 20.0 -0.62 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 25.0 40.0 -0.52 *
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 10.0 -0.58 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 80.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 *
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 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 *
Antioxidant 12 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 *
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperistaltic 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 *
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiplaque 4 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 *
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 *
Antiproliferative 1 *