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 |
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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 |
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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. |