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
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 *

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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
Sweetener	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Systolic-Depressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *