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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EO | 0 | Plant | 1667.0 | 5900.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Seed | 120000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.61 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
FURFURAL | 6 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.90 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GALLIC-ACID | 62 | 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. |
GALLOTANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 185.0 | 278.0 | -0.42 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
GERANIAL | 13 | Shoot | 0.0 | 1.5 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANIOL | 35 | Leaf | 1.0 | 75.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANYL-2-METHYL0BUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE | 0 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | 8.0 | 250.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
HEXANAL | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
ISOBUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Shoot | 1.0 | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ISOBUTYL-ISOBUTYRATE | 0 | Shoot | 10.0 | 110.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
L-MYRTENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
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 * |