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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
CATALPOL 3 Plant 50.0 *
CATALPOL 3 Shoot *
CATALPOL-6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL 0 Plant 21.0 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.6 1.4 -0.53 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 6.0 12.8 -0.22 *
COUMARIN 57 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CROCETIN 10 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-D 0 Plant 0.6 *
DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-E 0 Plant 1.5 *
DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-F 0 Plant 2.0 *
DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-G 0 Plant 2.4 *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE 0 Flower *
FAT 0 Leaf 5720.0 13000.0 -0.87 *
FAT 0 Seed 35000.0 271000.0 0.03 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 111000.0 -0.62 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 111000.0 -0.43 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 350000.0 -0.29 *
FORSYTHOSIDE-B 2 Plant 4.0 *
FUNGISTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 1 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
Antispasmodic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaph 1 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antistomatitic 2 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitriglyceride 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 9 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *