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Plant Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
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 *
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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
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiDNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Amanitin) 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 276.