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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
2-METHYL-QUINOLINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYL-NITROETHANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-VINYL-PYRIDINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-HYDROXY-JASMONIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-CIS-BUTENYLCAPROLACTONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Flower 371.0 587.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower 120.0 190.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Flower 1560.0 2470.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower 120.0 228.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Flower 108.0 247.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GALACTAN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CICEROSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Flower 1.0 2.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 0.5 0.8 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Flower 0.2 0.4 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
Antiradicular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Antistreptococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.