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

Download these results as:

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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	42.0	95.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
NONAOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANA-11,13(18)-DIEN-3-BETA-23,28-TRIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	292000.0	300000.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	309600.0	5.69	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	656000.0	3.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	2508.0	5700.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	5808.0	13200.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	47520.0	108000.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	178000.0	183000.0	-0.45	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.5	1.1	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ROTENONE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOGENIN-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.2	0.5	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	3.3	7.4	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	334.0	760.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	164000.0	2.99	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pulicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RNA-Inhibitor	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 275.
Rodenticide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Scabicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	5	Jim Duke's personal files.
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	1	Merck 11th Edition
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *