Devil's-bit / Devil's-bit scabious / Premorse

Plant ID on GoBotany

Medicinal Parts: the dried herb

Constituents

Iridoide monoterpenes; including among others, dipsacan, cephalaroside (structures unknown)

Flavonoids including among others, saponarine (C-glycosyl-flavone)

Triterpenes; including among others, ursolic acid

Effects

It's a febrifuge and a diaphoretic

Uses

Used for febrile colds and coughs.

Used as an infusion.

Studies

The effect of luteolin 7-glucoside, apigenin 7-glucoside and Succisa pratensis extracts on NF-kappaB activation and alpha-amylase activity in HepG2 cells.