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Plant Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hyssop
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimelanomic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetrorrhagic 1 Fitoterapia No.55-1984.
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 4 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic? 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 4 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *