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Table 2

Verbascum compounds. A variety of compounds have been isolated from Verbascum thapsus (“common mullein/great mullein”) and other members of Verbascum species.

Compound(s)	Verbascum species	Isolated from	Ref
Triterpenoid saponins, iridoid glycosides, steroids, sesquiterpenes, sterones	V.thapsus	Whole plant	[50]
Phenylethanoid glycosides, lignans, laterioside and harpagoside	V.thapsus	Whole plant	[51]
Siakogenins, oligosaccharides, flavones	V.thapsus	Whole plant	[52]
Ajugol, picroside IV, buddlindeterpene A, B and C	V.thapsus	Whole plant	[53]
Flavonoids and phenylethanoids.	V.densiflorum, V.phlomoides	Flowers	[54]
Phenylethanoid glycosides	V.wiedemannianum	Roots	[55]
Verbaspinoside, ajugol, phenylpropanoid glycosides	V.spinosum	Aerial parts	[56]