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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Jasminum officinale (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Jasmine, Poet's Jessamine
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
2-METHYL-QUINOLINE 0 Flower *
2-PHENYL-NITROETHANE 0 Flower *
2-VINYL-PYRIDINE 0 Flower *
5'-HYDROXY-JASMONIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Flower *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE 0 Plant *
6-CIS-BUTENYLCAPROLACTONE 0 Flower *
ALCOHOLS 0 Flower 371.0 587.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower 120.0 190.0 0.14 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Flower *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Flower 1560.0 2470.0 1.27 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower 120.0 228.0 -0.10 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Flower 108.0 247.0 -0.17 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE 0 Flower *
BETA-GALACTAN 0 Stem *
CICEROSE 0 Stem *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Flower 1.0 2.0 1.00 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 0.5 0.8 1.00 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Flower 0.2 0.4 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) 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 9 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 5 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacne 3 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antianemic 1 (View) *
Antiarachidonate 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 10 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticancer 3 (View) *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 (View) *
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 (View) *