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 |
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ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Shoot | 1.0 | 10.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 150.0 | 1900.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | 242.0 | 1420.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Shoot | 0.0 | 4.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 20.0 | 600.0 | 0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Plant | 58.0 | 88.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 58.0 | 88.0 | -0.42 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Shoot | 2.0 | 18.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.65 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot | 7.0 | 40.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 2.0 | 8.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
BORNEOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Plant | 12.0 | 18.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
BUTYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
CALACORENE | 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 |
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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 * |