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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Glechoma hederacea (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Alehoof
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Plant *
(-)-PINOCARVONE 0 Plant *
(10E,12Z)-9-OXO-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
(10E,12Z,15Z)-9-OXO-10,12,15-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
(9S,10E,12Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
(9S,10E,12Z,15Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12,15-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 6.0 37.0 -0.55 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant 1.0 7.0 -0.43 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant 1.0 2.0 -1.16 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 1 Plant 20.0 *
2-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 1 Plant 600.0 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant 1.0 2.0 -0.65 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-OCTANONE 0 Plant 3.0 16.0 -0.64 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
9-HYDROXY-10-TRANS,12-CIS-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Plant 1.0 6.0 -0.93 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 4.0 22.0 -0.47 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 1.0 7.0 -0.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-URSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 3 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 *
Allelopathic 6 *
Allergenic 8 Martindale's 29th
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.