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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hyssop
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NOPINONE 0 Shoot 6.0 8.0 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
O-VANILLIN 0 Essential Oil *
O-VANILLIN 0 Leaf 0.1 21.0 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
O-VANILLIN 0 Plant Planta Medica, 55: 226.
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Flower 0.1 1.0 -1.00 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf 0.5 48.0 1.00 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Essential Oil *
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf 1.0 -0.46 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 6.0 180.0 -0.37 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMENOL-8 0 Shoot 1.0 Indian Perfumer, 35: 52.
P-CYMOL 0 Shoot 3.0 4.0 1.00 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
P-VANILLIN 0 Leaf 1.0 38.0 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Plant Planta Medica, 55: 226.
PHENETHYLETHANOL 0 Flower 2.0 21.0 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
PHENETHYLETHANOL 0 Leaf 0.2 40.0 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
PHENYLETHANOL 0 Essential Oil *
PINOCAMPHEOL 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PINOCAMPHEOL 0 Shoot 11000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 2 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Carminative 5 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 *
Cholesterolytic 2 *
Cholinergic 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.
Cicatrizant 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 4 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *