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Common Names
Hyssop
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOPINONE | 0 | Shoot | 6.0 | 8.0 | not available | Indian Perfumer, 35: 51. |
| O-VANILLIN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-VANILLIN | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | 21.0 | not available | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| O-VANILLIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | -0.46 | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | 1.0 | not available | 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 | not available | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Planta Medica, 55: 226. |
| PHENETHYLETHANOL | 0 | Flower | 2.0 | 21.0 | not available | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| PHENETHYLETHANOL | 0 | Leaf | 0.2 | 40.0 | not available | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| PHENYLETHANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PINOCAMPHEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PINOCAMPHEOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 11000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insectiphile | 3 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |