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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
METHYL-BENZYL-ETHER	0	Flower	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Flower	2.0	34.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRANILATE	0	Flower	1.0	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-O-METHOXY-BENZOATE(?)	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	0.2	2.3	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-VERATRATE	0	Flower	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Flower	0.0	0.2	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTALDEHYDE(?)	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTANAL	1	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTANOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	0	Flower	0.2	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-PHENYL-ETHYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	0.5	6.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P.METHOXYPHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	0.0	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	6.0	85.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLEHTYL-BENZOATE	0	Flower	2.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHYL-SALICYLATE	0	Flower	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	0.1	1.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	1.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Candidicide	4	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Carcinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiotonic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chemopreventive	1	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Choleretic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chronotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	3	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Stimulant	3	Martindale's 29th
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-87.
Counterirritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant	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.