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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 40.0 585.0 0.17 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 185.0 585.0 -0.13 *
LIMONENE-OXIDE-I 0 Shoot 0.4 2.5 *
LIMONENE-OXIDE-II 0 Shoot 0.0 4.5 0.21 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 18.0 505.0 -0.32 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 18.0 505.0 -0.60 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 18.0 28.0 -0.56 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Plant 58.0 88.0 -1.00 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Plant 8.0 12.0 -0.67 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Plant 2.0 6.0 -0.47 *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICITRIN 13 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRTENAL 5 Plant 4.0 6.0 1.00 *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf 3.0 250.0 1.71 *
MYRTENOL 2 Plant 3.0 4.0 -1.00 *
MYRTENOLS 0 Plant 334.0 500.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
MYRTENYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant 1.0 2.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacterial 33 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 4 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Anticariogenic 9 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 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 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 1 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticolic 1 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.