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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Insectifuge	8	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insectiphile	3	Merck 11th Edition
Irritant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	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.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Monoaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycoplasmistat	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myorelaxant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide	8	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *