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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 8.0 | 30.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Plant | 12.0 | 18.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Plant | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.87 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARVONE | 19 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVYL-ACETATE-I | 0 | Shoot | 0.4 | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVYL-ACETATE-II | 0 | Shoot | 0.8 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Plant | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Shoot | 2.0 | 8.5 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPAENE | 1 | Plant | 2.0 | 8.0 | -0.78 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | 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. |
| D-MYRTENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIPENTENE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | 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. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 1000.0 | 5000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |