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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 135.0 | 2250.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Plant | 135.0 | 2065.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BUTANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-BUTANONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-METHYL-BUTANAL | 0 | Plant | 2.0 | 6.0 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 2.0 | 6.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-FURAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-PROPANOL | 0 | Plant | 2.0 | 6.0 | not available | 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 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 3,6-DIGALLOYLGLUCOSE | 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. |
| 5-METHYL-3-HEXANONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| ALPHA-FENCHOL | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 10.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticoronary | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidote (Strychnine) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiedemic | 4 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrinolytic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiflu | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigastric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |