Plant Verbena officinalis (Verbenaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Vervain

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
(+)-VERBENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-3,6,7,3',4'-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMITIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	10000.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HASTATOSIDE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Root	not available	20000.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Stem	not available	13000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPENENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Plant	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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiarthritic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	5	Duke, 1992 *