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
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 *

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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
Capillariprotective	1	Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	2	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *