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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Vulnerary | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91. |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |