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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESTRAGOL | 6 | Shoot | not available | 30.0 | 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. |
| ESTRAGOL | 9 | Shoot | not available | 40.0 | 0.84 | 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. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Flower | 2.0 | 18.0 | not available | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Leaf | 1.0 | 80.0 | -0.88 | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Flower | 62.0 | 624.0 | -0.37 | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | 2.0 | 443.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Shoot | not available | 10.0 | -1.01 | 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. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 10 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | -0.40 | 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. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 15 | Shoot | not available | 30.0 | 0.20 | 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. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 10 | Shoot | not available | 40.0 | 0.81 | 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. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 10 | Shoot | not available | 50.0 | 1.41 | 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. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Shoot | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | Indian Perfumer, 35: 51. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf | 1.0 | 60.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Flower | 0.5 | 6.0 | -0.51 | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Leaf | 0.1 | 2.0 | -0.23 | Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |