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

Common Names
Self-Heal; Heal-All
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
LAURIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Plant 320.0 -0.62 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Essential Oil *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 210.0 -0.48 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf *
LUPEOL 21 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN 78 Shoot *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower 4560.0 1.26 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.
MALVIDIN-3,5-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
MANGANESE 14 Flower 96.0 -0.05 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.
MERCURY 1 Flower 0.1 -0.53 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.
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 300.0 -0.15 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
OCTACOSANATE 0 Plant *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PHYTOL 1 Plant *
POTASIUM-CHLORIDE 0 Plant 23800.0 1.00 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 11900.0 -0.76 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.
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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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Allergenic 6 *
Analgesic 10 *
Androgenic 1 *