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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |