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Common Names
Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CADINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 270000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 411.0 | 3000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 2055.0 | 15000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | not available | 82000.0 | -1.04 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 82000.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 293000.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Plant | 10960.0 | 120000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISPIDULIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 3.4 | 25.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 3140.0 | -0.15 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 155.0 | 1130.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 0.6 | 4.7 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Leaf | not available | 0.1 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J. Nat. Prod. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 4 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |