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Jasmine
Jasminum officinale
Jasmine · Poet's Jessamine · Ağ jasmin · Duftsjasmin · Echter Jasmin · Echter Jasmin (DE) · Gelsomino comune · Gesminu · Gessamí comú · Hakiki yasemin · Jasmim-branco · Jasmim-comum · Jasmim-verdadeiro · Jasmin blanc · Jasmin officinal · Jasmin yr Haf
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Turkey, Iraq, Europe, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Ache(Head), Anesthetic, Astringent
Science studied: ALCOHOLS, BENZALDEHYDE, BENZYL-BENZOATE, BENZYL-CYANIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Oleaceae
Scientific name: Jasminum officinale
Common names: Jasmine, Poet's Jessamine, Ağ jasmin, Duftsjasmin, Echter Jasmin, Echter Jasmin (DE), Gelsomino comune, Gesminu, Gessamí comú, Hakiki yasemin, Jasmim-branco, Jasmim-comum, Jasmim-verdadeiro, Jasmin blanc, Jasmin officinal, Jasmin yr Haf
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Turkey, Iraq, Europe, Spain.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Ache(Head)
- Anesthetic
- Astringent
- CNS depressant
- Emmenagogue
- Eye
- Hepatitis
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- Lactogogue
- Mouth
- Narcotic
- Otorrhea
- Puerperium
- Ringworm
- Sedative
- Septicemia
- Skin
- Sore
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Whitlow
- Anodyne
- Pectoral
- Cirrhosis
- Corn
- Dysentery
- Perfume
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Europe
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Ache(Head)
- Anesthetic
- Astringent
- CNS depressant
- Emmenagogue
- Eye
- Hepatitis
- Lactogogue
- Mouth
- Narcotic
- Otorrhea
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- Puerperium
- Ringworm
- Sedative
- Septicemia
- Skin
- Sore
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Whitlow
- Anodyne
- Pectoral
- Cirrhosis
- Corn
- Dysentery
- Perfume
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALCOHOLS
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BENZYL-BENZOATE
- BENZYL-CYANIDE
- CICEROSE
- P-CRESOL
- EO
- CIS-ETHYL-JASMONATE
- EUGENOL
- FARNESOL
- GERANYL-LINALOL
- CIS-3-HEXENOL
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-ISOBUTYRATE
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-PROPIONATE
- 5'-HYDROXY-JASMONIC-ACID-LACTONE
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- ISOPHYTOL
- JASMINE-KETOLACTONE
- JASMININE
- JASMONE
- DELTA-JASMONIC-ACID-LACTONE
- D-LINALOL
- CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- MANNEOTETROSE
- METHYL-N-ACETYL-ANTHRANILATE
- METHYL-ANTHRANILATE
- METHYL-DEHYDRO-JASMONATE
- METHYL-HEPTENONE
- METHYL-JASMONATE
- METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRANILATE
- METHYL-PALMITATE
- NEROL
- CIS-PENT-2-ENYL-PENTANOLIDE
- 2-PHENYL-NITROETHANE
- PHYTOL
- RESIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- STACHYOSE
- L-ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TETRAMETHYL-HEXADECANOL
- 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE
- VANILLIN
- BENZOIC-ACID
- 6-CIS-BUTENYLCAPROLACTONE
- TRANS-ETHYL-JASMONATE
- 2-METHYL-QUINOLINE
- BENZYL-ACETATE
- CREOSOL
- ESTERS
- BETA-GALACTAN
- GAMMA-GALACTAN
- CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE
- INDOLE
- CIS-JASMONE
- DL-LINALOL
- LUPEOSE
- METHYL-BENZOATE
- METHYL-LINOLEATE
- NEROLIDOL
- QUINOLINE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- 2-VINYL-PYRIDINE
- PHYTYL-ACETATE
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- GERANIOL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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