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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
Antistaphylococcic 3 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antitartar 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic 1 *
AntiTNF 1 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 5 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antiulcer 2 *
Antiurease 1 *
Antiviral 2 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.