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Plant Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hyssop
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
ISOPINOCAMPHONE 4 Shoot not available 3260.0 1.09 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LEDOL 0 Shoot not available 30.0 -0.13 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LEDOL 0 Shoot not available 40.0 -0.10 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LEDOL 0 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.07 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LEDOL 0 Shoot not available 60.0 -0.03 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LIMONENE 60 Flower 5.0 54.0 -0.58 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 7.0 480.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Flower 0.1 1.0 -0.39 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69.
LINALOL 0 Leaf 0.2 160.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 10.0 -0.22 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 20.0 -0.22 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.21 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 70.0 -0.21 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 80.0 -0.21 Kerrola, K., Galambosi, B. and Kallio, H. 1994. Volatile Components and Odor Intensity of Four Phenotypes of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 776-781.
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Flower 0.1 1.0 -0.59 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 0.2 160.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
MARRUBIIN 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Shoot 1.0 960.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Arrhythmigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.