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Plant Jasminum officinale (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Jasmine; Poet's Jessamine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
JASMONE 8 Flower 72.0 114.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Flower 186.0 285.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNEOTETROSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ANTHRANILATE 2 Flower 11.0 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BENZOATE 4 Flower 0.7 1.1 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DEHYDRO-JASMONATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Flower 720.0 1140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-JASMONATE 0 Flower 7.0 38.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-LINOLEATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-ACETYL-ANTHRANILATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRANILATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PALMITATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTYL-ACETATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOLINE 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 5 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.
Anticonvulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *