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Plant Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
28-NOR-OLEANA-12,17-DIEN-3-BETA-23-DIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Plant not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-HYDROXYDRIMMANYL-8-METHANOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHOXY-METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-FERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-ISOFERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 69.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL-4''-O-ACETYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL-3''-O-ACETYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2,3,4-DIMETHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-ISOFERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 39.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 56.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3,3,4-DIEMTHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-FERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL 0 Plant not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *