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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	3	Duke, 1992 *