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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
BETA-IONONE 13 Flower 0.6 6.0 -0.59 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 0.3 4.0 -0.83 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 72.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.26 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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot not available 70.0 -0.22 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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot not available 80.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot not available 90.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 4 Shoot not available 120.0 -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.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot not available 130.0 -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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Flower 34.0 348.0 not available Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 69.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 1.0 800.0 1.45 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 6 Shoot not available 50.0 -0.41 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot not available 60.0 -0.37 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot not available 190.0 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot not available 280.0 0.59 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot not available 290.0 0.64 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 6 Shoot not available 330.0 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.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot not available 380.0 1.03 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 102000.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 66.0 4580.0 6.33 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 *