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Plant Hedera helix (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Ivy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproteinigenic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 4 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.
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 1 Duke, 1992 *