Plant Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein

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
HARPAGIDE	6	Plant	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGIDE-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARPAGOSIDE	6	Plant	not available	89.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-B	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	104.0	236.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	not available	2680.0	-0.54	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LATERIOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	5390.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-B	0	Plant	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	48000.0	613000.0	4.33	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUPEOL	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	1421.0	3230.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	5.3	12.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	3700.0	-1.22	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(+)-Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Merck 11th Edition
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Andary, C. Caffeic Acid Glycoside Esters and Pharmacology. Polyphenolic Phenom, 1993: 237-245.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	4	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *