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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Leonurus cardiaca (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Motherwort
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant *
411/ 0 Plant *
8-BETA-ACETOXY-9ALPHA,13ALPHA,15,16-BIEPOXY...LABDANOLIDE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AJUGOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
AJUGOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 3500.0 -0.34 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant 35.0 175.0 0.93 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 6.0 28.0 -0.46 *
APIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 42.0 -0.58 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant 1.0 -1.29 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 1.0 2.0 -0.43 *
BUFENOLIDE 0 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant 40.0 200.0 -0.31 *
CATECHIN 43 Plant *
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 100.0 500.0 -0.70 *
FAT 0 Seed 302000.0 0.19 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 4 *
Insectifuge 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 4 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Irritant 5 *
Juvabional 2 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.
Lactagogue 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 2 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.
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 29th
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *