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Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop

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Activities: 106

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All Chemicals: 13

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# Activity	Chemical Name	Part	Low PPM	High PPM	StdDev	^*Reference
0	1-OCTEN-3-OL	Plant	--	26.0	-0.39	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2	3-OCTANOL	Plant	--	91.0	-0.46	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
FLavor FEMA Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
28	ALPHA-PINENE	Plant	--	32.0	-0.46	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Allelochemic * Allergenic * Antiacne * Antibacterial * Antifeedant * Antiflu Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. Antiinflammatory 500 mg/kg * Antipneumonic * Antiseptic * Antispasmodic * Antistaphylococcic * Antiviral Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. Coleoptophile * Expectorant Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. FLavor FEMA 15-150 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Herbicide IC50=30 uM Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. Insecticide 0.82 uM/fly * Insectifuge 50 ppm * Insectiphile J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. Irritant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. P450-2B1-Inhibitor IC50=0.087 uM * Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Pesticide * Sedative Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. Spasmogenic * Tranquilizer Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. Transdermal *
13	BETA-PINENE	Plant	--	46.0	-0.39	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Allergenic * Antiinflammatory * Antiseptic Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. Antispasmodic * Candidicide * FLavor FEMA 15-600 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Herbicide Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. Insectifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. Irritant Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Pesticide * Spasmogenic Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. Transdermal *
3	CIS-OCIMENE	Plant	--	72.0	-0.27	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Antibacterial 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. Antistaphylococcic 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. Fungicide 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.
0	EO	Plant	--	6500.0	-0.25	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2	GERMACRENE-D	Plant	--	26.0	-0.40	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Pesticide * Pheromone *
3	ISOMENTHONE	Plant	--	962.0	-0.42	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Antiacetylcholinesterase IC50=1.6 mM * Antioxidant * Antiradicular *
60	LIMONENE	Plant	--	2464.0	1.03	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Acaricide LC100=8 uM * AChE-Inhibitor Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Allelochemic * Allergenic 1/20th carene * Antiacetylcholinesterase IC22-26=1.2 mM * Antiadenomic * Antialzheimeran? Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Antiasthmatic * Antibacterial Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. Anticancer * Antiesophagitic * Antifeedant * Antiflu Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. Antiinflammatory * Antilithic * Antilymphomic * Antimetastatic (Stomach) * Antimutagenic Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. Antiobesity * Antiseptic * Antispasmodic ED50=0.197 mg/ml Fitoterapia No.59-1984. Antitumor * Antitumor (Breast) * Antitumor (Colon) * Antitumor (Pancreas) * Antitumor (Prostate) * Antitumor (Stomach) * Antiviral * Apoptotic * Bronchoprotectant * Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. Candidistat * Chemopreventive * Cholesterolytic * Detoxicant * Enterocontractant J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. Expectorant * FLavor * Fungiphilic J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. Fungistat * GST-Inducer * Herbicide IC50=45 uM Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. Histaminic * Immunomodulator * Insecticide 0.37 uM/fly * Insectifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. Interleukin-6-Inhibitor * Irritant * Lipolytic * Myorelaxant 50 mg/kg * Nematicide IC=100 ug/ml Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. NO-Genic * Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor ~750 mg/kg (diet) * Ozone-Scavenger * P450-Inducer * Peristaltic * Pesticide * Photosensitizer Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. Sedative ED=1-32 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) Transdermal *
30	MENTHONE	Plant	--	546.0	-0.43	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Acaricide * Allelopathic * Analgesic * Antiacetylcholinesterase IC50=1.4 mM * Antiaggregant IC50=750 * Antiallergic J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. Antibacillary MIC=1.25 mg/ml * Antibacterial MIC=0.625-5 mg/ml * Antiescherichic MIC=5 mg/ml * Antihistaminic J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. Antilisteria MIC=1.25 mg/ml * Antisalmonella MIC=5 mg/ml * Antiseptic 2.25 x phenol Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) Antispasmodic ED50=0.044 mg/ml Fitoterapia No.59-1984. Antistaphylococcic MIC=0.625-2.5 mg/ml * Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. Candidicide MIC=2.5 mg/ml * Cerebrotoxic orl man J. Aromatherapy 4: 24. Culicide LC50=156-194 mg/l * FLavor FEMA 5-50 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Fungicide * Insecticide LC50=156-194 mg/l * Larvicide LC50=156-194 mg/l * Mutagenic * Nematicide MLC=1 mg/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. Perfumery Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Pesticide * Psychoactive * Sedative Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989. Trichomonicide LD100=600 ug/ml
22	MYRCENE	Plant	--	266.0	-0.18	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ACE-Inhibitor 100 ug/ml * Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 100 ug/ml Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101. Allergenic * Analgesic Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. Antibacterial * Anticonvulsant * Antimutagenic Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. Antinitrosaminic * Antinociceptive 10-20 mg/kg ipr mus Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. Antinociceptive 20-40 mg/kg scu mus Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. Antioxidant Jim Duke's personal files. Antispasmodic Jim Duke's personal files. Chemopreventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. FLavor FEMA 0.5-9 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Fungicide Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. Hypothermic * Insectifuge * Irritant Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. Myorelaxant 100-200 mg/kg * P450-2B1-Inhibitor IC50=0.14 uM * Perfumery Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Pesticide *
28	PULEGONE	Plant	--	1138.0	-0.51	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
AChE-Inhibitor Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Antiacetylcholinesterase IC50=0.9 mM * Antiacetylcholinesterase IC50=136 ug/ml * Antialzheimeran? Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Antibacterial 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. Anticholinesterase Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Antihistaminic Ortiz De Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., Sevilla, M.A., San Roman, L. 1989. Antihistaminic activity of pulegone on the guinea-pig ileum. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 295-296, 1990. Antipyretic Avifuge * Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. Candidicide 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. Cerebrotoxic orl man J. Aromatherapy 4: 24. Encephalopathic 80 mg/kg orl rat Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. FLavor FEMA 5-30 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Fungicide 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. Glutathionalytic Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. Hallucinogenic R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. Hepatotoxic Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990. Herbicide IC50=1.5 uM Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. Insecticide Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. Insectifuge * Nephrotoxic R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. Neurotoxic * Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry Pesticide * Pulifuge * Pulmonotoxic * Sedative *
0	TRANS-OCIMENE	Plant	--	370.0	0.28	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

^*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.

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