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Common Names
Giant Hyssop
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Litholytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 1 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfumery | 6 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |