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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| Flatulent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 14 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |