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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Plant | 1667.0 | 5900.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 120000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.61 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.90 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | 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. |
| GALLOTANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 185.0 | 278.0 | -0.42 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Shoot | 0.0 | 1.5 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Leaf | 1.0 | 75.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-2-METHYL0BUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | 8.0 | 250.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXANAL | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| ISOBUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Shoot | 1.0 | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBUTYL-ISOBUTYRATE | 0 | Shoot | 10.0 | 110.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| L-MYRTENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |