Plant Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
MYRTENOL	2	Shoot	not available	220.0	0.12	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.
MYRTENOL	2	Shoot	not available	240.0	0.15	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.
MYRTENOL	2	Shoot	not available	250.0	0.17	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.
MYRTENOL	4	Shoot	not available	260.0	0.18	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	30.0	-1.46	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	40.0	-1.20	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	80.0	-0.17	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	100.0	0.34	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	110.0	0.60	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	130.0	1.11	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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	140.0	1.37	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.
MYRTENYL-ACETATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Flower	12.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf	1.0	380.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE	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.
N-TETRADECANE	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.
NEROL	10	Flower	0.8	8.0	-1.14	Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
NEROL	10	Leaf	0.8	9.0	-0.27	Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.