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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
(1S,2R,5R)-3-PINANONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil 122000.0 -0.30 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 488.0 610.0 -0.13 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
1,8-EPOXY-2-P-MENTHENE 0 Shoot 1.0 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 10.0 -1.28 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 20.0 -1.02 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 40.0 -0.50 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 60.0 0.03 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 70.0 0.29 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 80.0 0.55 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 100.0 1.08 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.
1-(1,4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)ETHANONE 0 Shoot 130.0 1.86 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.
10-EPI-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Plant 1.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-HEXANONE 0 Shoot 5.0 6.0 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
3-CARENE 0 Shoot 1.0 -0.90 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant Planta Medica, 55: 226.
3-OCTANONE 0 Shoot 1.0 -0.66 Indian Perfumer, 35: 51.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 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.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Shoot 10.0 -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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insectiphile 3 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 17 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 6 Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986.
Laxative 2 *
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Critchfield, J. W., Welsh, C. J., Phang, J. M., Yeh, G. C. 1994. Modulation of Adriamycin Accumulation and Efflux by Flavonoids in HCT-15 Colon Cells. Activation of P-Glycoprotein as a Putative Mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol, 48(7): 1437-1445.
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *