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

Plant Hyacinthus orientalis (Liliaceae)

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 *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Flower 0.0 0.5 *
1,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Flower 0.3 4.6 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Flower 1.0 16.0 -1.35 *
2-METHOXY-METHYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower 0.2 2.3 *
2-METHOXYBENZYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 0.0 0.5 *
2-METHOXYETHYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 0.0 0.5 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE 0 Flower 0.2 2.3 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Flower 0.2 2.3 -1.00 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Flower 0.2 2.3 -1.00 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Flower *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower 64.0 920.0 2.05 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Flower 10.0 138.0 -0.42 *
BENZYL-FORMATE 1 Flower 0.1 1.2 *
BENZYL-SALICYLATE 2 Flower 0.3 4.6 -0.67 *
BENZYL-TIGLATE 0 Flower 0.0 0.7 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Flower 0.5 6.9 1.00 *
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Flower 1.0 16.0 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 4 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Adrenergic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (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.
Allergenic 11 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 6 (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 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 343.
Antiarachidonate 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 10 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 2 (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.
Anticonvulsant 3 (View) 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 (View) *