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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
STACHYDRINE 6 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIN 35 Plant 25200.0 150000.0 0.97 *
THIAMINE 0 Plant *
THREONINE 4 Shoot *
TURICINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TYROSINE 8 Shoot *
VALINE 3 Shoot *
WATER 0 Plant 832000.0 0.26 *
ZINC 77 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.51 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant 16 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 *
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.