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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibrucellosic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| Anticancer | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |