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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARPAGIDE | 6 | Plant | not available | 70.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARPAGIDE-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARPAGOSIDE | 6 | Plant | not available | 89.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | 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. |
| HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 104.0 | 236.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2680.0 | -0.54 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LATERIOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 5390.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 48000.0 | 613000.0 | 4.33 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 1421.0 | 3230.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 5.3 | 12.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | 3700.0 | -1.22 | 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. |