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Plant Clematis vitalba (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Traveler's Joy
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
ANEMONIN 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAULOSAPOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLEMATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLEMATITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 140000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
GINNOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINNONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MELISSIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 151000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOANEMONIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Martindale's 30th
Hypoglycemic 2 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 2 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Interferonogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Irritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.