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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 9 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 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.
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 12 *
Hypothermic 1 *