Plant Perilla frutescens (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Perilla

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(2E,4E,63)-ALLOFARNESENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(2Z,4E,63)-ALLOFARNESENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
12-ACETYLOCTADEC-9-ENOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lee, K. I., Rhee, S. H., Park, K. Y., Kim, J. O. 1992. Antimutagenic Compounds Identified from Perilla Leaf. Han'guk Yongyang Siklyong Hakhoe Chi, 21(3): 302-307.
3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(S)-HYDROXY-4(R)-(1-METHYL-ETHENYL)-CYCLOHEX-1-ENE-1-CARBOXALDEHYDE	0	Shoot	not available	122.0	not available	Tada, M., Matsumoto, R., Chiba, K. 1996. An Oxidative Metabolite of Perillaldehyde from Perilla frutescens. Phytochemistry, 43(4): 803-804.
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	35000.0	not available	Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	1.00	Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432.
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	13000.0	1.10	Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.48	Nguyen, X. D., La, D. M., Lu'u, D. C., Leclercq, P. A. 1995. Essential Oil Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton. J. Essent. Oil Res., 7(4): 429-432.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	-1.27	Kang, R., Helms, R., Stout, M.J., Jaber, H., Chen, Z., and Nakatsu, T. 1992. Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Constituents of Perilla frutescens and Its Synergistic Effects with Polygodial. J. Agric. Food Chem., 40: 2328-2330.
AMYGDALIN	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Koezuka, Y., Honda, G., Sakamoto, S., Tabata, M. 1985. Genetic Control of Anthocyanin Production in Perilla frutescens. Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 39(3): 228-231.
APIGENIN	101	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for ABeta-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	3 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant)	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic	5 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	16 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Amphetaminagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Amphetaminagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	9 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *