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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SODIUM 1 Plant 0.5 3.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYDRINE 6 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIN 35 Plant 25200.0 150000.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TURICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TYROSINE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant not available 832000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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