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
(+)-OXYSTACHYDRINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
(-)-OXYSTACHYDRINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
4-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6-O-ACETYL-MIOPOROSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	26.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-TRICIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-HARPAGIDE	0	Shoot	not available	560.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACHILLEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALANINE	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLOBETONICOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	2866.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	1.3	8.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	10080.0	60000.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Plant	840.0	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETOLIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETONICIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	5000.0	-0.30	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	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
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Lactagogue	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Larvistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Monoamine-Precursor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.