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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	7	Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Antibiotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *