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
Carcinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	2	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	2	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.
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *