Common Names
Betony; Wood Betony; Bishop's-Wort; Purple Betony
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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. |