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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Galeopsis tetrahit (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hemp Nettle
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
3-OCTANOL 2 Shoot 4.0 -0.30 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot 6.0 -0.37 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Shoot 40.0 -0.44 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Shoot 128.0 -0.12 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
COPAENE 1 Shoot 5.0 -0.74 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO 0 Shoot 400.0 -0.92 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GALIROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot 22.0 -0.36 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GLUROSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LINALOL 0 Shoot 12.0 -0.22 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidicide 1 *
Carminative 1 *
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 *
Gastroprotective 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Insecticide 1 Bettarini, F., Borgonovi, G.E., et al. 1991. Antiparasitic Compounds from East African Plants: Isolation and Biological Activity of Anonaine, Matricarianol, Canthin-6-One and Caryophyllene Oxide. Insect Sci. Applic. 14(1): 93-99, 1993.
Insectifuge 1 *
Irritant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Larvicide 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Perfumery 3 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 3 *
Pheromone 1 *
Sedative 1 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.