Plant Prunella vulgaris (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Self-Heal; Heal-All

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Plant	not available	2250.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20(S)-24(S)-STIGMASTA-7-TRANS-22-DIEN-3-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-OLEAN-12-EN-28-ALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-ACETYLURSOLIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	not available	280.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.4	0.10	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	not available	785.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	600.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Root	not available	738.0	-0.28	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Shoot	not available	2.9	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Flower	not available	14500.0	2.42	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	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.
(-)-Inotropic	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.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	12	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic	6	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.
Allelopathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *