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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pycnanthemum montanum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Montane Mountain Mint
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 21.0 720.0 -0.13 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Shoot 7.0 152.0 0.04 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE 0 Shoot 7.0 8.0 -1.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANOL 2 Shoot 35.0 50.0 -0.19 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot 7.0 272.0 -0.12 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot 28.0 32.0 0.02 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Shoot 91.0 104.0 0.49 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 7.0 56.0 -0.12 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Shoot 63.0 72.0 -0.56 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 21.0 24.0 -0.38 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot 833.0 952.0 -0.05 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHOR 41 Shoot 3395.0 3880.0 -0.01 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Shoot 42.0 56.0 -0.43 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO 0 Shoot 7000.0 8000.0 -0.21 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot 21.0 32.0 -0.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Shoot 42.0 4848.0 0.33 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOPIPERITENONE 0 Shoot 14.0 16.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 287.0 416.0 -0.12 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOL 0 Shoot 105.0 120.0 -0.20 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MENTHOL 63 Shoot 28.0 32.0 -0.60 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Degranulant 1 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diuretic 1 *
Ecbolic 1 *
Edemagenic 1 *
Emetic 1 *
Encephalopathic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Expectorant 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.
FLavor 12 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 8 Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 *
Gastroprotective 2 *