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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 135.0 2250.0 -0.24 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 135.0 2065.0 0.02 *
2-BUTANOL 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-BUTANONE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Plant 200.0 710.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUTANOL 0 Shoot 0.8 7.0 -1.00 *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-FURAN 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPANOL 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3,6-DIGALLOYLGLUCOSE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-METHYL-3-HEXANONE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant 0.0 1.0 -0.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETONE 3 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALCOHOLS 0 Plant 667.0 1000.0 -0.67 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALDEHYDES 0 Plant 30.0 45.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-FENCHOL 0 Shoot 0.0 10.0 -1.41 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 3.0 4.0 -0.74 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacterial 33 (View) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticalculic 1 (View) *
Anticancer 4 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 9 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 (View) Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticatarrh 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 1 (View) *
Anticholinesterase? 1 (View) L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticoagulant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Anticolic 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.