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Plant Jasminum officinale (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Jasmine; Poet's Jessamine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
CIS-3-HEXENYL-PROPIONATE 0 Flower 0.7 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ETHYL-JASMONATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONE 0 Flower 72.0 114.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Flower 0.5 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-PENT-2-ENYL-PENTANOLIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CREOSOL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOL 0 Flower 360.0 589.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-JASMONIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-LINALOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 2400.0 3800.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Flower 1795.0 2842.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower 3.0 10.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GALACTAN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Flower 240.0 380.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-LINALOL 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE 15 Flower 42.0 95.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPHYTOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMINE-KETOLACTONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMININE 0 Leaf 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
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuralgic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *