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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 35 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticancer | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Anticariogenic | 10 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |