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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antivaccinia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 9 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancerostatic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Candidicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *