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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
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyperglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Insectifuge 1 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Laxative 1 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 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.
Pesticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *