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Plant Leonotis nepetaefolia (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Catnipleaf Lion's-Ear
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
(-)-5,6-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed 44800.0 60800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4,6,7-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-CHROMEN-2-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4,6,7-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYLCOUMARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5,6-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed 44800.0 60800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 59000.0 65000.0 0.51 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 336000.0 368000.0 -0.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Seed not available 20000.0 -0.30 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Seed 280000.0 380000.0 0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 143000.0 157000.0 0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INOSITOL 8 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LABALLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 44800.0 60800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEONOTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LEONOTININ 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 33320.0 45220.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYNEPETAEFOLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 3640.0 4940.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
NEPETAEFOLIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEPETAEFOLININ 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialopecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiabetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.