Plant Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Myrtle; Myrte (Ger.); Arrayan (Sp.); Mirto (Sp.)

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antigenotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiHIV	4	Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	18	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.
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.