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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SAPONIN 0 Seed *
SAPONIN 0 Twig *
TRANS-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Flower 1.0 14.0 *
TRANS-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Flower 18.0 253.0 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Flower 0.0 0.5 *
TRIMETHOXYMETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower 32.0 460.0 *
UNDECANONE 0 Flower 0.1 0.9 *
VERATRYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 0.0 0.7 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 4 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Analgesic 4 Martindale's 28th
Anaphrodisiac 1 *
Anesthetic 6 *
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 *
Antiaggregant 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 343.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 *
Antibacterial 10 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
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 *