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 |
---|---|---|
Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antilithic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antilymphomic | 2 | 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. |
Antimalarial | 5 | Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp. |
Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimelanomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
AntiMRSA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antimutagenic | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
Antinephritic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
Antineuralgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antinitrosaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |