Chemicals and substances
Hyssop contains rosmarinic and caffeic acids along with pinanones, beta-pinene, limonene, pinocamphone,
and isopinocamphone.
Blood sugar
Inhibitory effects of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) extracts on
intestinal alpha-glucosidase activity and postprandial hyperglycemia.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol. 2003.
It has been known that hyssop is a herb that grows in
the wild and is a source of natural antioxidants. We previously reported that a-glucosidase
inhibitors, from the dry leaves of hyssop, were isolated. This study examined
the alpha-glucosidase inhibitory effects of hyssop extracts on intestinal
carbohydrate absorption in rat everted gut sac and carbohydrate-loaded
hyperglycemia in mice. In the everted gut sac experiment, 10 mM sucrose- and 5
mM maltose-treated increases in glucose concentration in the serosal compartment
were inhibited in the presence of 0.5 and 1.0 mg/ mL hyssop extracts, although a
10 mM glucose-induced increase in serosal glucose was not inhibited by the
extracts. Additionally, hyperglycemia in sucrose- and maltose-loaded mice was
significantly suppressed at an early stage, within 30 to 60 min by oral
pre-administration of 300 and 100 mg/kg hyssop extracts, respectively. These
findings suggest that hyssop extracts inhibited the digestion of complex
carbohydrates, but not that of absorbable monosaccharide, and might be a useful
supplemental food for hyperglycemia.
Alpha lipoic acid
can be useful for those who have high blood sugar levels.
I heard Hyssop was being used to lower blood sugar. Your article seems to say
the opposite.
We have not seen any clinical studies in humans regarding the
use of hyssop for blood sugar or diabetes, hence we can't say whether hyssop
herb is effective for this purpose. Actually the rat study you refer does
indicate hyssop was able to be helpful in high blood sugar.
HIV
Crude extracts of dried leaves of Hyssop contain strong anti-viral and anti-HIV-1 activity.
Infection
Essential oils of sage, mint, and hyssop generally have
a bacteriostatic activity.
Hyssop herb caution
Very high doses of hyssop have been found to have convulsant properties, perhaps
due to their content of terpene ketones pinocamphone and isopinocamphone.
Review
it's difficult to make any recommendations regarding hyssop since so little is
known about its properties. See a list of
herbs used in medicine.
Hyssop Plant Research
Isolation of alpha-glusosidase inhibitors from hyssop.
Phytochemistry. 2004.
Alpha-Glucosidase inhibitory activity was found in aqueous methanol extracts
of dried hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) leaves. Active principles against alpha-glucosidase,
prepared from rat small intestine acetone powders, were isolated and
characterized.
Anise Hyssop plant information
Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is an erect, branched perennial herb
and member of the mint family. Anise hyssop has a pleasant anise-like aroma.
Anise hyssop has been used by North American native people as a
breath-freshener, tea and as a sweetener.
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