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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Leonurus cardiaca (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Motherwort
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 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
Anticancer (Colon) 1 (View) Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 (View) Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 6 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 4 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 (View) *
AntiCFS 1 (View) *
Anticholestatic 1 (View) Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Antichoreic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 (View) *
Anticlastogen 1 (View) *
Anticlimacteric 1 (View) *
Anticoagulant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Anticold 1 (View) *
Anticolitic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiCrohn's 2 (View) Martindale's 29th