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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Stachys officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Betony, Wood Betony, Bishop's-Wort, Purple Betony
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
(+)-OXYSTACHYDRINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(-)-OXYSTACHYDRINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
4-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6-O-ACETYL-MIOPOROSIDE 0 Shoot 26.6 *
7-METHOXY-TRICIN 0 Shoot *
ACETYL-HARPAGIDE 0 Shoot 560.0 *
ACHILLEIN 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALANINE 3 Shoot *
ALLOBETONICOSIDE 0 Shoot 2866.6 *
APIGENIN 101 Shoot *
ARGININE 14 Shoot *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 1.3 8.0 -0.59 *
ASH 0 Plant 10080.0 60000.0 -1.10 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Shoot *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant *
BETAINE 14 Plant 840.0 5000.0 *
BETOLIDE 0 Root *
BETONICIN 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant 5000.0 -0.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) *
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) *
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).