Plant Hyacinthus orientalis (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Hyacinth

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
1,2,4-TRIMETHOXYBENZENE	0	Flower	5.0	69.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE	0	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE	0	Flower	0.3	4.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL	0	Flower	1.0	16.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-METHYL-BENZOATE	0	Flower	0.2	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXYBENZYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXYETHYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE	0	Flower	0.2	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Flower	0.2	2.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Flower	0.2	2.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower	64.0	920.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Flower	10.0	138.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-FORMATE	1	Flower	0.1	1.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-SALICYLATE	2	Flower	0.3	4.6	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-TIGLATE	0	Flower	0.0	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Flower	0.5	6.9	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	3	Flower	1.0	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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.
Allergenic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Martindale's 28th
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 343.
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	10	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	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.
Anticonvulsant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Strychnine)	1	Duke, 1992 *