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Common Names
Giant Hyssop
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Plant | 3.0 | 120.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-OCTANOL | 2 | Plant | 3.0 | 35.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-OCTANONE | 0 | Plant | not available | 30.0 | -0.40 | Mazza, G. and Kiehn, F.A. 1992. Essential Oil of Agastache foeniculum, A Potential Source of Methyl Chavicol. J. Ess. Oil Res., 4: 295-299. |
| 4-CADENEN-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | 5.0 | not available | Mazza, G. and Kiehn, F.A. 1992. Essential Oil of Agastache foeniculum, A Potential Source of Methyl Chavicol. J. Ess. Oil Res., 4: 295-299. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | 1.0 | 35.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | not available | Mazza, G. and Kiehn, F.A. 1992. Essential Oil of Agastache foeniculum, A Potential Source of Methyl Chavicol. J. Ess. Oil Res., 4: 295-299. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Plant | 1.0 | 135.0 | 0.05 | Mazza, G. and Kiehn, F.A. 1992. Essential Oil of Agastache foeniculum, A Potential Source of Methyl Chavicol. J. Ess. Oil Res., 4: 295-299. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | 2.0 | 25.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SABININE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 125.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | 1.0 | 35.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 8.0 | 100.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | 3.0 | 35.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIMETHYL-HEXANAL | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 60.0 | not available | Mazza, G. and Kiehn, F.A. 1992. Essential Oil of Agastache foeniculum, A Potential Source of Methyl Chavicol. J. Ess. Oil Res., 4: 295-299. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | 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 | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Analgesic | 3 | 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. |
| Anesthetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990. |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiasthmatic | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Anticancer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |