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Plant Euphrasia officinalis (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Eyebright
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
6-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 15.3 99.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 10.0 67.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant 19404.0 126000.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN 20 Plant not available 500.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN 20 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 11.0 73.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available 11500.0 0.73 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot not available 6000.0 1.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 1771.0 11500.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 113652.0 738000.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
CATALPOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.1 0.7 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.