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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant Synergist | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiperiodontic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 2 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiproliferant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |