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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed Oil	not available	325000.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THAPSIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THAPSUINE-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THAPSUINE-B	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Leaf	5.3	12.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
VERATRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBACOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	333.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSAPONIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSIDE	20	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.
VERBASCUM-LIGNAN-GLYCOSIDE-13	0	Plant	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCUM-PHENYLETHANOID-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	1.0	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
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	6	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	14	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Martindale's 28th