Plant Hedera helix (Araliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ivy

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
ALPHA-HEDERIN	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEDERIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELIXEN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMETINE	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINONE	3	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	351000.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERACOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	4	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	45630.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Leaf	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
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretolytic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic	1	Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Vesicant	1	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *