Dracocephalum ruyschiana

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Internal ID UUID644038accf349807830745
Scientific name Dracocephalum ruyschiana
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 595 (1753)

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Common products:
• Essential oil extracted from aerial parts.

Industrial and craft applications:
• Not reported.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
• Not reported.

Colorants and tanning:
• Not reported.

Wood and fiber:
• Not reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
• Steam-distilled essential oil from flowering tops is used in perfumery and aromatics; compositions and yields vary with geography, season, and plant material. While GC–MS studies from multiple populations have identified major constituents such as limonene and germacrene D, practical performance in fragrance applications is more directly linked to standard odor attributes (odor profile and intensity) than to the presence or proportion of specific constituents. No claims about efficacy are made.

Properties relevant to use:
• Essential oil is obtained by hydrodistillation or steam distillation of fresh or dried aerial parts; yields and composition are variable.

Standards and regulation:
• Not reported.

Sustainability and sourcing:
• The species is a cold-tolerant, herbaceous perennial; sustained collection from wild populations requires adequate post-harvest regeneration to avoid depletion. Verification of plant identity and part used (fresh aerial flowering material) is recommended. No further conservation status information is provided here.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ruyschiana fasciculata [Clairv.] Man. Herbor. Suisse : 190 (1811)
Ruyschiana ruyschiana (L.) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 67 (1923)
Ruyschiana spicata Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 1 (1768)
Zornia linearifolia Moench Suppl. Meth. (Moench) 139. 1802 [2 May 1802]
Dracocephalum alpinum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 87 (1796)
Dracocephalum angustifolium Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 78 (1782)
Dracocephalum hyssopifolium Mart. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 285 (1821)
Dracocephalum spicatum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 399 (1867)
Dracocephalum ruyschiana var. alpinum Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(I): 385 (1868)
Dracocephalum ruyschiana var. pauciflorum Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 31 (1867 publ. 1868)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic بيقران الجبل
Azerbaijani ruyş ilanbaşı
Belarusian Змеегалоўнік Руйша
German berg-drachenkopf
German schwedischer drachenkopf
German bergdrachenkopf
German nordischer drachenkopf
Estonian sile tondipea
Finnish isoampiaisyrtti
Upper Sorbian Šwedski pčólnik
Hungarian északi sárkányfű
Armenian Վիշապագլուխ Ռուշի
Lithuanian miškinė žiomenė
Norwegian Bokmål drakehode
Norwegian Bokmål dragehode
Norwegian Nynorsk drakehovud
Polish pszczelnik wąskolistny
Russian Змееголовник Рюйша
Russian Змееголовник Руйша
Swedish drakblomma
Ukrainian Змієголовник Рюйша
Chinese 青兰

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Sow at 4°C for 3 weeks, then increase to 20°C.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
      • Romania
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000945457
Tropicos 17602251
INPN 95407
Flora of Italy 4555
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:446513-1
The Plant List kew-63894
Missouri Botanical Garden 281541
Open Tree Of Life 132786
Observations.org 142113
NCBI Taxonomy 39297
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0020704114
IPNI 446513-1
iNaturalist 326879
iNaturalist 326877
iNaturalist 326878
GBIF 3901967
EPPO DRARY
EOL 2893770
Elurikkus 4439
USDA GRIN 14659
Wikipedia Dracocephalum_ruyschiana
CMAUP NPO32535

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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First study on in vitro antiviral and virucidal effects of flavonoids against feline infectious peritonitis virus at the early stage of infection Triratapiban C, Lueangaramkul V, Phecharat N, Pantanam A, Lekcharoensuk P, Theerawatanasirikul S Vet World 26-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10082729
doi:10.14202/vetworld.2023.618-630
PMID:37041840
Spatiotemporal monitoring of the rare northern dragonhead (Dracocephalum ruyschiana, Lamiaceae) — SNP genotyping and environmental niche modeling herbarium specimens Nygaard M, Kopatz A, Speed JM, Martin MD, Prestø T, Kleven O, Bendiksby M Ecol Evol 12-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9374565
doi:10.1002/ece3.9187
PMID:35983172
Current state of populations of Rhodiola rosea L. (Crassulaceae) in East Kazakhstan Kubentayev SA, Zhumagul MZ, Kurmanbayeva MS, Alibekov DT, Kotukhov JA, Sitpayeva GT, Mukhtubayeva SK, Izbastina KS Bot Stud 07-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8572951
doi:10.1186/s40529-021-00327-4
PMID:34746988
Current vegetation data from the Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reserve Shovkun M, Ivanova N, Khanina L, Romanov MS, Demidov V Biodivers Data J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8410754
doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e71266
PMID:34539205
Transformed Shoots of Dracocephalum forrestii W.W. Smith from Different Bioreactor Systems as a Rich Source of Natural Phenolic Compounds Weremczuk-Jeżyna I, Lisiecki P, Gonciarz W, Kuźma Ł, Szemraj M, Chmiela M, Grzegorczyk-Karolak I Molecules 03-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7583972
doi:10.3390/molecules25194533
PMID:33022943
Karst dolines provide diverse microhabitats for different functional groups in multiple phyla Bátori Z, Vojtkó A, Maák IE, Lőrinczi G, Farkas T, Kántor N, Tanács E, Kiss PJ, Juhász O, Módra G, Tölgyesi C, Erdős L, Aguilon DJ, Keppel G Sci Rep 09-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6509348
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43603-x
PMID:31073136
Luteolin induces hippocampal neurogenesis in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome Zhou WB, Miao ZN, Zhang B, Long W, Zheng FX, Kong J, Yu B Neural Regen Res 01-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6352604
doi:10.4103/1673-5374.248519
PMID:30632501
Large- and small-scale environmental factors drive distributions of cool-adapted plants in karstic microrefugia Bátori Z, Vojtkó A, Farkas T, Szabó A, Havadtői K, Vojtkó AE, Tölgyesi C, Cseh V, Erdős L, Maák IE, Keppel G Ann Bot 12-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC5321062
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw233
PMID:28025290
New Palaearctic species of the tribe Thalassaphorurini Pomorski, 1998 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) Babenko AB, Chimitova AB, Stebaeva SK Zookeys 02-Sep-2011
PMCID:PMC3175132
doi:10.3897/zookeys.126.1229
PMID:21998539
Plant identification credibility in ethnobotany: a closer look at Polish ethnographic studies Łuczaj ŁJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3022638
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-36
PMID:21167056

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Diphenylmethanes
Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methane 12111 Click to see 200.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
4,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid 5281780 Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O 516.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Chlorogenic Acid 1794427 Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)O)O 354.31 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Benzyl beta-d-glucopyranoside 188977 Click to see 270.28 unknown via CMAUP database
hydrangeifolin I 10549806 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OCC3=CC=CC=C3)O)O)O)O)O)O 416.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
Citrusin C 3084296 Click to see 326.34 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Benzaldehydes / Hydroxybenzaldehydes
4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde 126 Click to see 122.12 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(+)-Dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl Alcohol-9-O-Beta-D-Glucopyranoside 44577121 Click to see 522.50 unknown via CMAUP database
Urolignoside 10602086 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2CO)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)OC)CCCO 522.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acid esters / Coumaric acid esters
[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-phenylmethoxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]oxan-3-yl] (Z)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate 71578498 Click to see 562.60 unknown via CMAUP database
coumaroyl(-2)Rha(a1-6)Glc(b)-O-Bn 71578497 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OCC3=CC=CC=C3)O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O)O 562.60 unknown via CMAUP database
coumaroyl(-4)Rha(a1-6)Glc(b)-O-Bn 71578499 Click to see 562.60 unknown via CMAUP database
Methyl 4-hydroxycinnamate 5319562 Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC=C(C=C1)O 178.18 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Cis-P-Coumaric Acid 1549106 Click to see 164.16 unknown via CMAUP database
Ferulic Acid 445858 Click to see 194.18 unknown via CMAUP database
P-Coumaric Acid 637542 Click to see 164.16 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glucuronides / Flavonoid-3-O-glucuronides
Querciturone 5274585 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C(=O)O)O)O)O)O)O 478.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Astragalin 5282102 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate 71717056 Click to see 974.90 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate 71720749 Click to see 944.80 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate 71716454 Click to see 958.90 unknown via CMAUP database
[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-4-yl] acetate 71720748 Click to see 958.90 unknown via CMAUP database
7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 71716455 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=CC(=C4C(=C3)OC(=CC4=O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)OC)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 932.80 unknown via CMAUP database
7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 71718288 Click to see 916.80 unknown via CMAUP database

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