Verbascum Thapsiforme

Verbascum phlomoides Verbascum thapsiforme Verbascum Thapsus and other species of Verbascum... 

Finally, in 1910, he isolated (with Bridel), from the roots of Verbascum thapsiforme, a pentasaccharide which he called verbascose and which contained (per molecule) three molecules of n-galactose associated with one of sucrose. 

C36H62O31 990.867 Found in the root of Ajuga nipponensis and Verbascum thapsiforme and in the transfer products formed by the action of coffee a-D-galactosidase upon Raffinose, R-1 and Stachyose, S-72. 

Documented effects An infusion of the flowers in water is used as an expectorant. Decoctions of the leaves and flowers of this species, as well as the related species Verbascum thapsus, V. phlomoides, and V. thapsiforme are used as an expectorant and to coat and sooth the mouth and throat to reduce effects of catarrh and coughs (Seredin and Sokolov 1969). Phenylethanoid glycosides isolated from a methanolic extract of the plant inhibited mammalian DNA polymerases (lida et al. 2003). 

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