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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 40.0 585.0 0.17 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 185.0 585.0 -0.13 *
LIMONENE-OXIDE-I 0 Shoot 0.4 2.5 *
LIMONENE-OXIDE-II 0 Shoot 0.0 4.5 0.21 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 18.0 505.0 -0.32 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 18.0 505.0 -0.60 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 18.0 28.0 -0.56 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Plant 58.0 88.0 -1.00 *
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 *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICITRIN 13 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 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 *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf 3.0 250.0 1.71 *
MYRTENOL 2 Plant 3.0 4.0 -1.00 *
MYRTENOLS 0 Plant 334.0 500.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
MYRTENYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant 1.0 2.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
Cancer-Preventive 16 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 *
Candidicide 10 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Candidistat 3 *
Carcinogenic 5 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carminative 6 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 4 *
Choleretic 6 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Martindale's 29th