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
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Dermatitigenic	2	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Diaphoretic	2	Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.