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Plant Veronica officinalis (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Common Speedwell; Gypsyweed
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
6-HYDROXYLUTEOLIN-7-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MINECOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERMINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERONICOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERPROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Flatugenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lactagogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Laxative 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.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Pesticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
RNA-Inhibitor 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 275.
Sweetener 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 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.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *