Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Verbena officinalis (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Vervain
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-VERBENONE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-3,6,7,3',4'-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
ADENOSINE 28 Leaf *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL 0 Plant *
ARTEMITIN 0 Plant *
AUCUBIN 20 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 10000.0 0.67 *
CITRAL 53 Plant *
EMULSIN 0 Flower *
EO 0 Plant *
HASTATOSIDE 3 Plant *
INVERTIN 0 Flower *
LUPEOL 21 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant *
STACHYOSE 1 Root 20000.0 -1.35 *
STACHYOSE 1 Stem 13000.0 *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TERPENENE 0 Plant *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiarthritic 2 (View) Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) *