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Plant Lycopodium clavatum (Lycopodiaceae)

Common Names
Antler Herb; Clubmoss
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Pollen Or Spore 1000.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OBSCURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALPHA-ONOCERIN 0 Plant not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANHYDROLYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ANNONTINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available 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.
APIGENIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ARGININE 14 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARSENIC 2 Plant not available 0.5 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
AZELAIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OBSCURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 16020.0 0.26 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CLAVANOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CLAVATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLAVATOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLAVATOXINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLAVOLONINE 0 Plant 230.0 350.0 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
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Epinephrininergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.