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Plant Huperzia spp (Lycopodiaceae)

Common Names
Cutleaf Clubmoss
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
NICOTINE 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOSELAGINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELAGINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRAT-14-ENE-3BETA,21ALPHA,24-TRIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRAT-14-ENE-3BETA,21ALPHA-DIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRAT-14-ENE-3BETA,21BETA-DIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRATENDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRATIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRATINIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRATININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOHOGENINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOHOGENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant 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
Antiviral 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Anxiolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 HerbalGram No. 17.
Dopaminigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Epinephrininergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Hepatoprotective 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *