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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotonic 1 (View) *
Cardiotoxic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Catabolic 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive 3 (View) *
Cholagogue 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 4 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Circulotonic 1 (View) *
Clastogenic 1 (View) 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 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 (View) *
Collagen-Sparing 1 (View) *
Comedolytic 1 (View) *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Cytoprotective 1 (View) *
Cytotoxic 2 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Dermatitigenic 2 (View) 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 (View) Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic? 1 (View) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.