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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MYRTENYL-2-METHYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Plant | 8.0 | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf | 40.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Plant | 175.0 | 262.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTOCOMMULON-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTOCOMMULON-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRTUCUMMULONE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
NERAL | 4 | Shoot | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
NEROL | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
NEROLIDOL | 11 | Shoot | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
NERYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
OLEIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Plant | 30.0 | 106.0 | -0.39 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
PENTADECANE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PERILLENE | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 2.5 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROPANOL | 0 | Shoot | 0.0 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
RESIN | 0 | 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. |
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 * |