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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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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 *
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Leaf 40.0 1000.0 *
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Plant 175.0 262.0 *
MYRTOCOMMULON-A 0 Leaf *
MYRTOCOMMULON-B 0 Leaf *
MYRTOL 0 Leaf *
MYRTUCUMMULONE-A 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NERAL 4 Shoot 1.0 2.0 -0.57 *
NEROL 10 Plant *
NEROLIDOL 11 Shoot 0.0 5.0 -0.40 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 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 *
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 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 *
PERILLENE 0 Shoot 0.0 2.5 -0.36 *
PROPANOL 0 Shoot 0.0 2.0 *
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDES 0 Plant 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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.