Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Prunella vulgaris (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Self-Heal, Heal-All
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 2250.0 0.07 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Shoot 24.0 *
20(S)-24(S)-STIGMASTA-7-TRANS-22-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-OLEAN-12-EN-28-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
3-O-ACETYLURSOLIC-ACID 0 Shoot 4.0 -1.00 *
AESCULETIN 32 Shoot *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant 280.0 0.78 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Plant *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Plant *
ARSENIC 2 Flower 0.4 0.10 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 785.0 0.41 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot 600.0 0.56 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root 738.0 -0.28 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Shoot 2.9 -0.28 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 14500.0 2.42 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 12 (View) Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic 6 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *