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Biblical Mint
Mentha longifolia
Biblical Mint · Biblical mint · Horse Mint · Menta Selvatica · Menthe Sylvestre · Menthe à Longues Feuilles · Ross-Minze · Roß-Minze · gråmynta · gråmynte · hortelã-de-folha-comprida · menthe chevaline · ou bo he · silver mint · wild mint
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Iraq, US, Lesotho, South Africa, Turkey
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Apoplexy, Carminative, Chest
Science studied: ACACETIN-7-RUTINOSIDE, APIGENIN-7-GLUCURONIDE, ALLO-AROMADENDRENE, BORNYL-ACETATE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Mentha longifolia
Common names: Biblical Mint, Biblical mint, Horse Mint, Menta Selvatica, Menthe Sylvestre, Menthe à Longues Feuilles, Ross-Minze, Roß-Minze, gråmynta, gråmynte, hortelã-de-folha-comprida, menthe chevaline, ou bo he, silver mint, wild mint
History
The source record documents this plant in Iraq, US, Elsewhere, Lesotho, South Africa, Turkey.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antiseptic
- Apoplexy
- Carminative
- Chest
- Fever
- Sclerosis
- Snuff
- Stimulant
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- Ache(Head)
- Anodyne
- Cold
- Tea
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Iraq
- US
- Elsewhere
- Lesotho
- South Africa
- Turkey
Documented cultural uses
- Antiseptic
- Apoplexy
- Carminative
- Chest
- Fever
- Sclerosis
- Snuff
- Stimulant
- Ache(Head)
- Anodyne
- Cold
- Tea
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACACETIN-7-RUTINOSIDE
- APIGENIN-7-GLUCURONIDE
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- GAMMA-CADINENE
- CIS-CARVEOL
- TRANS-CARVEOL
- BETA-COPAENE
- P-CYMENE
- DIOSMIN
- BETA-ELEMENE
- EO
- 1,2-EPOXYNEOMENTHYL-ACETATE
- GERANIOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
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- GERMACRENE-D
- HESPERIDIN
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE
- ISOBUTANAL
- ISOPIPERITENONE
- LINALOOL
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE
- 2-METHYL-BUTYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE
- MYRTENOL
- NEODIHYDROCARVEOL
- NONANAL
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- OCTANOL
- 3-OCTYL-ACETATE
- PHENYLETHYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PIPERITENONE-OXIDE
- CIS-PIPERITONE-OXIDE
- SABINENE
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- THYMOL
- TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE
- DIHYDROCARVEOL
- 3-OCTANOL
- PIPERITENONE
- BETA-BOURBONENE
- CIS-CARVYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE
- ERIODICTYOL-7-RUTINOSIDE
- ALPHA-GURJUNENE
- 4-HYDROXY-PIPERITONE
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONIDE
- MYRTENAL
- CIS-OCIMENE
- 1-OCTEN-3-OL
- BETA-PINENE
- QUERCITRIN
- SPATHULENOL
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- BETA-YLANGENE
- HEDYOSMIN
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- CIS-JASMONE
- TRANS-PIPERITONE-OXIDE
- TAU-CADINOL
- 2-CARENE
- 3-CARENE
- ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BETA-CUBEBENE
- ALPHA-FARNESENE
- CIS-BETA-FARNESENE
- TRANS-FARNESOL
- 4-HYDROXYPIPERITONE-OXIDE
- ISOMENTHOL
- ISOMENTHYL-ACETATE
- MENTHYL-ACETATE
- NEODIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE
- OCTANYL-ACETATE
- 2-PENTADECANONE
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ROTUNDIFOLINE
- ALPHA-TERPINENYL-ACETATE
- UMBELLULONE
- VIRIDIFLOROL
- ALPHA-YLANGENE
- ALPHA-CADINOL
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- MENTHOFURAN
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- MYRCENE
- ISODIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ISOMENTHONE
- LIMONENE
- MENTHOL
- MENTHONE
- PIPERITONE
- PULEGONE
- DIOSMETIN-7-RUTINOSIDE
- DIOSPHENOL
- EUGENOL
- HESPERITIN-7-RUTINOSIDE
- 5-HYDROXYCHROMONE-7-RUTINOSIDE
- PIPERITOL
- PIPERITONE-OXIDE
- ROSMARINIC-ACID
- THYMONINE
- 5,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-7,3'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 5,6,4'-TRIHYDROXY-7,3'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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