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Common Names
Horehound; White Horehound
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13(R)-PREMARRUBIIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 150.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 13(S)-PREMARRUBIIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-(OMEGA-1)-METHYLALKANES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| 2-METHYL-ALKANES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| 3-(OMEGA-9)-METHYLALKANES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| 3-METHYL-ALKANES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINOLENE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 20.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCOSYL-LACTATE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCURONOSYL-LACTATE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-GLYCOSIDE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88. |
| APIGENIN-7-LACTATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-LACTATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-(6'-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 5 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Antiophidic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 15 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiparkinsonian | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiperiodontal | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperistaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipermeability | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |