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Plant Lycopodium clavatum (Lycopodiaceae)

Common Names
Antler Herb; Clubmoss
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
COPPER 12 Plant not available 8.0 -0.67 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.
DE-N-METHYL-ALPHA-OBSCURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DEACETYLFAWCETTIINE 0 Plant not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIEPISERRATENEDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIEPISERRATENEDIOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DIHYDROCAFFEIC-ACID 0 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.
DIHYDROLYCOPODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIOXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Pollen Or Spore 400000.0 500000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAWCETTIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAWCETTIINE 0 Plant 110.0 260.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAWCETTIMINE 0 Plant not available 90.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLABELLIFORMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HISTIDINE 7 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.
HYDROCAFFEIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 650.0 0.03 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.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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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
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 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 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry