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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Shoot | 1.0 | 10.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 150.0 | 1900.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | 242.0 | 1420.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Shoot | 0.0 | 4.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 20.0 | 600.0 | 0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Plant | 58.0 | 88.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 58.0 | 88.0 | -0.42 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Shoot | 2.0 | 18.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.65 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot | 7.0 | 40.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 2.0 | 8.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
BORNEOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Plant | 12.0 | 18.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
BUTYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CALACORENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antiacetylcholinesterase | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiacne | 8 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiadenovirus | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
Antiaflatoxin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiaggregant | 1 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
Antiallergenic | 2 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
Antiallergic | 3 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antialzheimeran? | 2 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
Antianaphylactic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiandrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarthritic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antiasthmatic | 4 | Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962. |
Antiatherosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |