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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | 325000.0 | 1.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THAPSIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THAPSUINE-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THAPSUINE-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Leaf | 5.3 | 12.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERATRIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBACOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 333.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCOSAPONIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCOSE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCOSIDE | 20 | 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. |
| VERBASCUM-LIGNAN-GLYCOSIDE-13 | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCUM-PHENYLETHANOID-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | not available | 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 * |