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Common Names
Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 353320.0 | 803000.0 | 1.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALPOL | 3 | Plant | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALPOL | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALPOL-6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL | 0 | Plant | not available | 21.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.6 | 1.4 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 6.0 | 12.8 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CROCETIN | 10 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-D | 0 | Plant | not available | 0.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-E | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-F | 0 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-G | 0 | Plant | not available | 2.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 5720.0 | 13000.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 35000.0 | 271000.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 111000.0 | -0.62 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 111000.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 350000.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORSYTHOSIDE-B | 2 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUNGISTEROL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anti-LDL | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergenic | 1 | Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991. |
| Antiallergic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |