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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 0.5 | 3.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYDRINE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | 25200.0 | 150000.0 | 0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TURICINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | not available | 832000.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Plant | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.51 | 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 * |