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

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
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
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	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.
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide	8	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Parasiticide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pediculicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Perfumery	13	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide	16	Duke, 1992 *
Pheromonal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition