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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Horehound; White Horehound
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
13(R)-PREMARRUBIIN 0 Plant 150.0 *
13(S)-PREMARRUBIIN 0 Plant 90.0 *
2-(OMEGA-1)-METHYLALKANES 0 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
2-METHYL-ALKANES 0 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
3-(OMEGA-9)-METHYLALKANES 0 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
3-METHYL-ALKANES 0 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 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.
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Plant 15.0 20.0 -1.00 *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
APIGENIN 101 Shoot *
APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCOSYL-LACTATE) 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCURONOSYL-LACTATE) 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-GLYCOSIDE 4 Plant Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
APIGENIN-7-LACTATE 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-LACTATE 0 Plant *
APIGENIN-7-O-(6'-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticholestatic 1 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 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 1 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 5 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidecubitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 2 *
Antidepressant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiabetic 6 *