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Teucrium scorodonia L.


Botanical Name	:	Teucrium scorodonia L.
English Name	:	Woodland germander, Wood sage
Synonym(s)	:	Scorodonia sicula Raf.
Family	:	Lamiaceae

General Info

Description

A creeping perennial plant. Leaves sage-like and crinkled. Flowers yellow-green, hermaphrodite, held in opposing pairs on long, slender spikes.

Herb Effects

Alterative, antipyretic, antiscorbutic, antiseptic, astringent, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, tonic and vulnerary.

Links

James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P: 795, CRC Press July 2002.

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Caffeic acid, tannin, ursolic acid (leaf); isoquercitrin, raffinose, rosmarinic acid, stachyose (plant); labiatic-acid, marrubiin (shoots).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Caffeic acid

Not Available

3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid

C₉H₈O₄

Tannin

1401-55-4

Not Available

C₂₇H₂₂O₁₈

Ursolic acid

77-52-1

10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12,

C₃₀H₄₈O₃

Isoquercetin

482-35-9

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-chromen-7
-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₂

Raffinose

Not Available

(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[
[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-
[(2S,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-d
ihydroxy-2 ,5-bis(h
ydroxymethyl)oxolan-
2-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihy
droxy-oxan-2-yl]meth
ox y]-6-(hydroxymet
hyl)oxane-3,4,5-trio
l

C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆

Rosmarinic acid

537-15-5

3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-2-[3-(3,4-dihydr
oxyphenyl)prop-2-eno
yloxy]prop anoic
acid

C₁₈H₁₆O₈

Stachyose

60112-16-5

(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-
[(2S,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-d
ihydroxy-2 ,5-bis(h
ydroxymethyl)oxolan-
2-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihy
droxy-oxan-2-yl]meth
ox y]-6-[[(2S,3R,4S
,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihyd
roxy-6-(hydroxymethy
l)oxan-2-yl]ox ymet
hyl]oxane-3,4,5-trio
l

C₂₄H₄₂O₂₁

Labiatic acid

Not Available

3-[4-[(Z)-3-(3,4-dih
ydroxyphenyl)prop-2-
enoyl]oxy-3-hydroxy-
phenyl]-2- hydroxy-
propanoic acid

C₁₈H₁₆O₈

Marrubiin

Not Available

C₂₀H₂₈O₄

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

Used against abscess, adenopathy, adiposity, arthrosis, asthma, atony, bronchosis, cancer, stomach cancer, catarrh, cholecystosis, cold, cough, cramps, diarrhea, dyspepsia, fever, fibroma, flu, gas, gastrosis, hemoptysis, hemorrhoid, hepatosis, high blood pressure, inflammation, mucososis, orchosis, pharyngosis, polyp, respirosis, rheumatism, rhinosis, sore throat, spasms, splenosis, swelling, tuberculosis, water retention and wounds.

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