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Plant Monarda fistulosa (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Wild Bergamot
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 3.0 5006.0 0.84 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 1.0 2294.0 4.47 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3,4-EPOXY-GAMMA-TERPINENE 0 Plant 3.0 186.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant 46.0 1655.0 2.78 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANONE 0 Plant 1.0 93.0 0.64 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 21.0 211.0 -0.07 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 3.0 1823.0 0.81 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 3.0 3193.0 4.31 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 9.0 3314.0 2.08 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant 3.0 2480.0 0.95 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant 1.0 62.0 -0.06 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 3.0 93.0 -0.34 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 1.0 1085.0 0.22 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 1.0 856.0 0.86 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
CARVACROL 37 Plant 93.0 19902.0 1.89 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARVACRYL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant 6.0 6076.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Plant 1.0 31.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Tramil, 42: 511.
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 4 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988.
Antiarthritic 2 Houghton, P.J., Zarka, R., Heras, B., and Hoult, J.R.S. 1994. Fixed Oil of Nigella sativa and Derived Thymoquinone Inhibit Eicosanoid Generation in Leukocytes and Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. Planta Medica, 61: 33.
Antiasthmatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 22 Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Antibronchitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 3 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.