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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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. |