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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Jasminum officinale (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Jasmine; Poet's Jessamine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
JASMONE 8 Flower 72.0 114.0 *
L-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 1 Flower *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Flower 186.0 285.0 -0.49 *
LUPEOSE 0 Stem *
MANNEOTETROSE 0 Stem *
METHYL-ANTHRANILATE 2 Flower 11.0 19.0 *
METHYL-BENZOATE 4 Flower 0.7 1.1 1.14 *
METHYL-DEHYDRO-JASMONATE 0 Flower *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Flower 720.0 1140.0 *
METHYL-JASMONATE 0 Flower 7.0 38.0 1.00 *
METHYL-LINOLEATE 0 Flower *
METHYL-N-ACETYL-ANTHRANILATE 0 Flower *
METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRANILATE 0 Flower *
METHYL-PALMITATE 0 Flower *
NEROL 10 Flower *
NEROLIDOL 11 Flower *
P-CRESOL 8 Flower *
PHYTOL 1 Flower *
PHYTYL-ACETATE 0 Flower *
QUINOLINE 3 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 1 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Bacteristat 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 8 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Carcinogenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Choleretic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.