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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	70200.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	17550.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYACETYLENES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	162000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN	3	Plant	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 *