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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
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 6 Shoot not available 40.0 -0.19 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.
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.19 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.
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 8 Shoot not available 60.0 -0.19 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.
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot not available 70.0 -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.
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Shoot not available 90.0 -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.
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Flower 1.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 1.0 40.0 0.93 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available 4900.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
VERBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBENOL 0 Leaf 1.0 78.0 1.00 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Plant not available 3556.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 3 Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 14 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 28 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.