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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LYCLANINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LYCLANITIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LYCOCLAVANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOCLAVANIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LYCOCLAVANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOCLAVANOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LYCOCLAVINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOCRYPTOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LYCODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOFLEXINE 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.
LYCOPODINE 3 Plant 20.0 870.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODIUMOLEIC-ACID-GLYCERIDES 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.
LYCOPOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant not available 2340.0 -0.54 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.
MANGANESE 14 Plant not available 100.0 0.02 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.
MERCURY 1 Plant not available 0.1 -0.50 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.
METHYLLYCOCLAVINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 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.
N-ACETYL-N-BETA-METHYLPHLEGMARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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 9 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *