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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Hedera helix (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Ivy
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
ALPHA-HEDERIN 6 Leaf *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf *
ARABINOSE 0 Leaf *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf *
BETA-HEDERIN 1 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Fruit *
ELIXEN 0 Plant *
EMETINE 33 Plant *
FALCARINONE 3 Stem *
FAT 0 Seed 351000.0 0.45 *
GERMACRENE-B 0 Plant *
HEDERACOSIDES 0 Plant *
HEDERAGENIN 9 Leaf *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Plant *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Stem *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Twig *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 45630.0 -0.53 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Purgative 1 (View) *
Radioprotective 1 (View) *
Secretolytic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Sedative 1 (View) *
Sialogogue 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 2 (View) *
Sweetener 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 (View) 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 (View) *
Uterotonic 1 (View) *
Vasodilator 1 (View) *
Vasopressor 2 (View) *
Vermicide 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Vesicant 1 (View) 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 (View) *