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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Pesticide	12	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Progestational	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Sedative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Duke, 1992 *