botanical record · discovered
Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Horehound · White Horehound · (valko)hurtanminttu · Almindelig kransburre · Andorn · Bozotu · Common Hoarhound · Echter Andorn · Gemeiner Andorn · Gewöhnliche Andorn · Gewöhnlicher Andorn · Gewöhnlicher Andorn (DE); White Horehound (EN)
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, US, Mexico, US(Appalachia), Europe, Spain, Kurdistan, Iraq
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Asthma, Bilious, Bronchitis
Science studied: BETONICINE, P-CYMOL, DIHYDROPEREGRININ, FENCHENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Marrubium vulgare
Common names: Horehound, White Horehound, (valko)hurtanminttu, Almindelig kransburre, Andorn, Bozotu, Common Hoarhound, Echter Andorn, Gemeiner Andorn, Gewöhnliche Andorn, Gewöhnlicher Andorn, Gewöhnlicher Andorn (DE); White Horehound (EN)
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, US, Mexico, Elsewhere, US(Appalachia), Europe, Spain, Kurdistan and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Asthma
- Bilious
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Cholera
- Cold
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- Cough
- Debility
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
- Expectorant
- Extrasystole
- Fever
- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Hypertension
- Larvicide
- Laxative
- Liqueur
- Medicine
- Palpitation
- Pertussis
- Sore(Throat)
- Spasm
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Witchcraft
- Antiseptic
- Cholagogue
- Emmenagogue
- Lung
- Obesity
- Astringent
- Diarrhea
- Kidney
- Stimulant
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- US
- Mexico
- Elsewhere
- US(Appalachia)
- Europe
- Spain
- Kurdistan
- Iraq
- Sicily
- UK
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Asthma
- Bilious
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Cholera
- Cold
- Cough
- Debility
- Diuretic
- Dysmenorrhea
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- Expectorant
- Extrasystole
- Fever
- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Hypertension
- Larvicide
- Laxative
- Liqueur
- Medicine
- Palpitation
- Pertussis
- Sore(Throat)
- Spasm
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Tea
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Witchcraft
- Antiseptic
- Cholagogue
- Emmenagogue
- Lung
- Obesity
- Astringent
- Diarrhea
- Kidney
- Stimulant
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BETONICINE
- P-CYMOL
- DIHYDROPEREGRININ
- FENCHENE
- GALLIC-ACID
- MARRUBIOL
- PECTINS
- PEREGRININ
- PROTEIN
- SABINENE
- TANNIC-ACID
- TANNIN
- ALPHA-TERPINOLENE
- TURICINE
- EO
- P-CYMENE
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- FAT
- MARRUBENOL
- MUCILAGE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- RESINS
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- URSOLIC-ACID
- SCLAREOL
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLYCOSIDE
- 2-METHYL-ALKANES
- 2-(OMEGA-1)-METHYLALKANES
- 3-(OMEGA-9)-METHYLALKANES
- 3-METHYL-ALKANES
- APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCOSYL-LACTATE)
- APIGENIN-7-(2-GLUCURONOSYL-LACTATE)
- APIGENIN-7-LACTATE
- APIGENIN-7-O-(6'-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- CHRYSOERIOL
- COSMOSIIN
- CYNAROSIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- KNO3
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-(2-GLUCOSYL-LACTATE)
- LUTEOLIN-7-LACTATE
- MARRUBIIN
- MARRUBINE
- PEREGRINOL
- PREMARRUBIIN
- TAUREMISIN
- TURACINE
- VICENIN-2
- VITEXIN
- VULGAROL
- CAMPHENE
- LIMONENE
- L-STACHYDRINE
- LUTEOLIN-7-(2-GLUCURONOSYL-LACTATE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- BETA-PINENE
- BISABOLOL
- DITERPENES
- ISOMENTHONE-8-THIOL
- ISOQUERCETIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE
- MARRUBIINIC-ACID
- PHYTOL
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-0-GLYCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSYLGLYCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSIDE
- SAPONINS
- STACHYDRINE
- TRICYCENE
- 13(R)-PREMARRUBIIN
- 13(S)-PREMARRUBIIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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