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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LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | 40.0 | 585.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 185.0 | 585.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
LIMONENE-OXIDE-I | 0 | Shoot | 0.4 | 2.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
LIMONENE-OXIDE-II | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 18.0 | 505.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | 18.0 | 505.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 18.0 | 28.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 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. |
MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Plant | 58.0 | 88.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | -0.67 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 2.0 | 6.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRICETIN | 34 | 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. |
MYRICITRIN | 13 | 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. |
MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 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. |
MYRTENAL | 5 | Plant | 4.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTENOL | 2 | Leaf | 3.0 | 250.0 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTENOL | 2 | Plant | 3.0 | 4.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTENOLS | 0 | Plant | 334.0 | 500.0 | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
MYRTENYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | not available | 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 * |