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

Common Names
Hyssop
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
BETA-IONONE 13 Flower 0.6 6.0 -0.59 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 0.3 4.0 -0.83 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot 50.0 -0.26 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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot 70.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot 80.0 -0.20 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.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot 90.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot 120.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot 130.0 -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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Flower 34.0 348.0 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 1.0 800.0 1.45 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 6 Shoot 50.0 -0.41 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 60.0 -0.37 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 190.0 0.20 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 280.0 0.59 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 290.0 0.64 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 6 Shoot 330.0 0.81 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 380.0 1.03 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 102000.0 1.53 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 66.0 4580.0 6.33 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
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 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 5 *
Antiulcer 11 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antiuremic 1 *
Antivaccinia 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 16 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 3 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 5 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 *
Arrhythmigenic 1 *
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.