Common Names
Myrtle; Myrte (Ger.); Arrayan (Sp.); Mirto (Sp.)
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 |
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CALAMENENE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 8.0 | 30.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | 12.0 | 18.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.87 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CARVONE | 19 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARVYL-ACETATE-I | 0 | Shoot | 0.4 | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CARVYL-ACETATE-II | 0 | Shoot | 0.8 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CIS-MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Shoot | 2.0 | 8.5 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
COPAENE | 1 | Plant | 2.0 | 8.0 | -0.78 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
D-LIMONENE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
D-MYRTENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
DIPENTENE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
EO | 0 | Leaf | 1000.0 | 5000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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(-)-Chronotropic | 3 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
(-)-Inotropic | 3 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Abortifacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acaricide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelochemic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelopathic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allergenic | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allergenic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Analgesic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anesthetic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anthelmintic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |