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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 135.0 2250.0 -0.24 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 135.0 2065.0 0.02 *
2-BUTANOL 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-BUTANONE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Plant 200.0 710.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUTANOL 0 Shoot 0.8 7.0 -1.00 *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-FURAN 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPANOL 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-PROPYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant 2.0 6.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3,6-DIGALLOYLGLUCOSE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-METHYL-3-HEXANONE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant 0.0 1.0 -0.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACETONE 3 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALCOHOLS 0 Plant 667.0 1000.0 -0.67 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALDEHYDES 0 Plant 30.0 45.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-FENCHOL 0 Shoot 0.0 10.0 -1.41 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 3.0 4.0 -0.74 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiobesity 1 *
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 17 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodontic 2 *
Antiperiodontitic 1 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiplaque 4 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 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.
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant 3 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproteolytic 1 *