Plant Stachys officinalis (Lamiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.