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Common Names
Catnipleaf Lion's-Ear
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Lipotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Vasodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |