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Common Names
Perilla
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | 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. |
| OCTAN-3-ONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | 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. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Endo, S., Ishizaki, T., Kimata, M. 1993. Fatty Acid and Sterol Compositions in the Seeds of Perilla frutescens and Linum Usitatissimum. Takyo Gakugei Daigaku Kiyo Dai-4-Bumon, 45: 27-32. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | 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. |
| PERILLA-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Du, Y., Fu, B., Jiang, X. 1994. Perilla Alcohol Extraction from Perilla frutescens for Fragrance. Patent-Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu-1,080,318: 4 pp. |
| PERILLA-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLA-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 740000.0 | 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. |
| PERILLAKETONE | 4 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Mathela, C. S., Shah, G. C., Melkani, A. B., Joshi, P. 1989. 3-Substituted-Furanyl Compounds of Perilla ocimoides. J. Indian Chem. Soc., 66(3): 183-184. |
| PERILLAKETONE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Koezuka, Y., Honda, G., Tabata, M. 1985. An Intestinal Propulsion Promoting Substance from Perilla frutescens and its Mechanism of Action. Plant Medica, 6: 480-482. |
| PERILLAKETONE | 4 | Shoot | not available | 1120.0 | not available | Takano, I., Yasuda, I., Hamano, T., Seto, T., Akiyama, K. 1990. Determination of Perilla Ketone in Perilla Herb by Capillary Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Eisei Kagaku, 36(4): 320-325. |
| PERILLAKETONE | 4 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Wilson, B. J. 1977. Perilla Ketone: A Potent Lung Toxin from the Mint Plant, Perilla frutescens. Science, 197: 573-574. |
| PERILLALDEHYDE | 11 | Plant | 400.0 | 825.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLANIN-CHLORIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PERILLARTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PERILLENE | 0 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Mathela, C. S., Shah, G. C., Melkani, A. B., Joshi, P. 1989. 3-Substituted-Furanyl Compounds of Perilla ocimoides. J. Indian Chem. Soc., 66(3): 183-184. |
| PERILLYL-ALCOHOL | 14 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2600.0 | 128000.0 | 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. |
| PHENYLPROPANOIDS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 730.0 | 5214.0 | 0.04 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 330.0 | 5339.0 | 0.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYTOL | 1 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiallergic | 9 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |