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Plant Stachys officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Betony; Wood Betony; Bishop's-Wort; Purple Betony
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CALCIUM 28 Plant 2822.0 16800.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.2 0.9 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 3024.0 18000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Plant not available 120000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Plant not available 390000.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE 6 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARPAGIDE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 2.0 10.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 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
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ophthalmic-Antialkali 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxytocic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.