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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
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Flower 0.6 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.1 720.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available 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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 10.0 -0.49 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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.23 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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 80.0 -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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 100.0 0.10 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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 110.0 0.16 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.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 200.0 0.75 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.
CIS-CALAMENENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-NEROLIDIOL 0 Leaf 2.0 20.0 not available Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
CIS-NEROLIDOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PINIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PINIC-ACID 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.
CIS-PINOIC-ACID 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.
CIS-PINONIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE 0 Shoot 7.0 9.0 not available Indian Perfumer, 35: 52.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Shoot 4.0 7.0 -0.29 Indian Perfumer, 35: 52.
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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
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 *