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
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	8	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Antiischemic	2	Duke, 1992 *