Plant Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
EO	0	Plant	1667.0	5900.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Shoot	1.0	15.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	120000.0	150000.0	-0.61	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FURFURAL	6	Plant	0.0	1.0	-0.90	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GALLIC-ACID	62	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.
GALLOTANNINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	185.0	278.0	-0.42	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIAL	13	Shoot	0.0	1.5	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	1.0	75.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	1.0	2.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-2-METHYL0BUTYRATE	0	Plant	4.0	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-2-METHYLPROPIONATE	0	Plant	4.0	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	8.0	250.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Plant	8.0	12.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOBORNEOL	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ISOBUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Shoot	1.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ISOBUTYRATE	0	Shoot	10.0	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE	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.
L-MYRTENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor	11	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	9	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	16	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent	2	Martindale's 29th
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.