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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
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 3 Martindale's 29th
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator 3 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.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).