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Plant Ajuga iva (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Ivy Bugle
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
14-15-DIHYDRO-AJUGAPITIN 0 Plant not available 35.1 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ACETYL IVAIN I 0 Plant not available 8.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
22-OXO-CYASTERONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
24(28)-DEHYDRO-MAKISTERONE A 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-O-ACETYLHARPAGIDE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
AJUGASTERONE-C 1 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-7-O-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Leaf not available 2200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Plant not available 12000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Stem 520.0 800.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYASTERONE 5 Leaf not available 440.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYASTERONE 5 Plant not available 0.7 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYASTERONE 5 Root not available 1330.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYASTERONE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYASTERONE 5 Stem not available 530.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available 1000.0 0.84 Jim Duke's personal files.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Shoot not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HARPAGIDE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
IVAIN I 0 Plant not available 310.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Allelopathic 1 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Anabolic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69.
Antiaggregant 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiallergic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.