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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiLegionella 1 (View) *
Antileishmanic 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antileukemic 3 (View) *
Antileukotriene 2 (View) *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 (View) *
Antimaculitic 1 (View) *
Antimalarial 3 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 (View) *
Antimelanomic 1 (View) *
Antimenorrhagic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 (View) *
AntiMS 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 3 (View) *
Antinephritic 2 (View) *
Antineuropathic 1 (View) *
Antinitrosaminic 2 (View) *
Antinociceptive 2 (View) *
Antioxidant 8 (View) Huang, M-T., and Ferraro, T. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Cancer Prevention. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.2 p.21.
Antioxidant Synergist 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiparkinsonian 1 (View) *