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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
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot not available 220.0 0.12 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.
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot not available 240.0 0.15 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.
MYRTENOL 2 Shoot not available 250.0 0.17 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.
MYRTENOL 4 Shoot not available 260.0 0.18 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 30.0 -1.46 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 40.0 -1.20 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 80.0 -0.17 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 100.0 0.34 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 110.0 0.60 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 130.0 1.11 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.
MYRTENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 140.0 1.37 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.
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Flower 12.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf 1.0 380.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE 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.
N-TETRADECANE 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.
NEROL 10 Flower 0.8 8.0 -1.14 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
NEROL 10 Leaf 0.8 9.0 -0.27 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant 18 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 5 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipulmonotic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1994.
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *