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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRTENYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf | 40.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Plant | 175.0 | 262.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTOCOMMULON-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTOCOMMULON-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTUCUMMULONE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| NERAL | 4 | Shoot | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Shoot | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 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. |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Plant | 30.0 | 106.0 | -0.39 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 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. |
| PENTADECANE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLENE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 2.5 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPANOL | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDES | 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. |
| RESIN | 0 | 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. |
| 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 * |