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Plant 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.
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
Anesthetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic 9 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.