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Common Names
Tea Hyssop; Zopha; Zuta
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
barbata
Subspecies Author
(BOISS. & KY.) P.H. DAVIS
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPERITONE | 14 | Shoot | not available | 7.0 | -0.23 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| PULEGONE | 56 | Shoot | not available | 14890.0 | -0.15 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| SABINENE | 10 | Shoot | not available | 100.0 | -0.19 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| TERPINOLENE | 18 | Shoot | not available | 12.0 | -0.46 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| THYMOL | 142 | Shoot | not available | 19.0 | -0.33 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| TRANS-ISOPULEGONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 60.0 | -0.45 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 10.0 | -0.29 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| VIRIDIFLORENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 17.0 | 0.71 | Fleisher, Z. and Fleisher, A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. barbata (Boiss et. Ky.), P.H. Davis. Aromatic Plants of the Holy Land and the Sinai. Part VII. J. Ess. Oil Res 3: 477-479. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiodontalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 8 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 3 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |