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Mentha japonica

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643fe3343717e352376699
Scientific name Mentha japonica
Authority Makino
First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 1 (1906)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Micromeria japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 106 (1865)
Micromeria yezoensis Miyabe & Tatew. Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 8 (1935)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic نعناع ياباني
Bulgarian японска мента
Japanese ヒメハッカ
Latvian japānas mētra
Russian Мята японская
Chinese 日本薄荷

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000240831
Tropicos 50099043
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450645-1
The Plant List kew-124836
Open Tree Of Life 830103
NCBI Taxonomy 294738
IPNI 450645-1
iNaturalist 965077
GBIF 3899697
USDA GRIN 24075
Wikipedia Mentha_japonica
CMAUP NPO16065
EOL 5363148

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Genetic Manipulation of Biosynthetic Pathways in Mint Fuchs LK, Holland AH, Ludlow RA, Coates RJ, Armstrong H, Pickett JA, Harwood JL, Scofield S Front Plant Sci 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9237610
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.928178
PMID:35774811
Crop Wild Relatives as Germplasm Resource for Cultivar Improvement in Mint (Mentha L.) Vining KJ, Hummer KE, Bassil NV, Lange BM, Khoury CK, Carver D Front Plant Sci 19-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7466659
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01217
PMID:32973823
Studies on the Essential Oils of the Genus Mentha Shin-ichi FUJITA, Yasuji FUJITA Oxford University Press (OUP) 13-Jul-2011
doi:10.1271/BBB1961.34.1511

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Colensane and clerodane diterpenoids
(1S,4R,5S,6R,8R)-5-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-4,5-dimethyl-9-oxatricyclo[6.2.2.01,6]dodec-11-ene-11-carboxylic acid 6325080 Click to see CC1CCC23COC(CC2C1(C)CCC4=COC=C4)C=C3C(=O)O 330.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Diterpene lactones
15,16-Epoxy-neo-clerodan-1,3,13(16),14-tetraen-18,19-olide 5317151 Click to see 312.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Oleanolic Acid 10494 Click to see 456.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Ketones
3-Octanone 246728 Click to see CCCCCC(=O)CC 128.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB1961.34.1511
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Dihydrofurans / Furanones / Butenolides
Dodonolide 643656 Click to see CC1CCC2=C(C=CC=CC1(C)CCC3=COC=C3)C(=O)OC2 312.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 6-O-methylated flavonoids
Hispidulin 5281628 Click to see 300.26 unknown via CMAUP database
Jaceosidin 5379096 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)OC)O)O 330.29 unknown via CMAUP database
Nepetin 5317284 Click to see 316.26 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
Cirsiliol 160237 Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O)OC 330.29 unknown via CMAUP database

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