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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.
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
LYSINE 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 185.0 1100.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 3.2 19.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
MELITTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSTACHYDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 302.0 1800.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 1596.0 9500.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 11760.0 70000.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
REPTOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SCUTELLAREIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.5 2.8 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Plant 1.3 8.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Int. J. Immunopharmacology. Vol 10: 729, 1988.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th