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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Myrtle; Myrte (Ger.); Arrayan (Sp.); Mirto (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALAMENENE 0 Plant 1.0 2.0 -0.76 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 8.0 30.0 -0.55 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 12.0 18.0 -0.64 *
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 *
CARVYL-ACETATE-I 0 Shoot 0.4 130.0 *
CARVYL-ACETATE-II 0 Shoot 0.8 6.0 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant 3.0 4.0 -0.57 *
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 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Shoot 2.0 8.5 -0.20 *
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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-MYRTENOL 0 Plant Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Plant 8.0 12.0 -0.48 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-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 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
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 *
Allelochemic 6 *
Allelopathic 5 *
Allergenic 17 *
Allergenic? 1 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 9 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 8 *
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.