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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 130.0 0.31 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.
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 160.0 0.48 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.
T-CADINOL 0 Leaf 0.1 60.0 0.21 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
T-CADINOL 0 Shoot 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.
T-CADINOL 0 Shoot 20.0 0.11 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.
T-CADINOL 0 Shoot 30.0 0.69 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.
TANNIN 35 Plant 50000.0 80000.0 -0.05 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-87.
TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Flower 2.0 28.0 -0.88 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 1.0 790.0 0.11 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
TERPINEOL 18 Essential Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 1.0 20.0 -0.21 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Plant *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Shoot *
THYMOL 71 Shoot 2.0 3.0 -0.33 Indian Perfumer, 35: 52.
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Flower 6.0 66.0 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 1.0 140.0 -0.68 *
TRANS-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Plant Planta Medica, 55: 226.
TRANS-NEROLIDOL 0 Flower *
TRANS-NEROLIDOL 0 Plant 1.0 80.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 31 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 22 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 2 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 *
Gram(-)icide 2 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 3 *
Hepatoprotective 9 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 12 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *