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Plant Digitalis lanata (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Grecian Foxglove
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-SCUTELLAREIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3',6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLDIGITOXINS 0 Leaf 50.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLDIGOXINS 0 Leaf 50.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLGITALOXINS 0 Leaf 10.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLGITOXINS 0 Leaf 10.0 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available 1000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLLANATOSIDE-C 0 Leaf 50.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLLANATOSIDE-C 0 Seed not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGILANIDASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGILUTEIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 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.
Antiflu 2 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihemolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Antilymphomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.