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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
NICOTINE 21 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
O-ACETYLLYCOCLAVINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Pollen Or Spore 165000.0 300000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 18000.0 -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.
PROLAMINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 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.
PROTOAMINE 0 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.
SERRAT-14-ENE-3ALPHA,20BETA,21,24-TETRAOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SERRAT-14-ENE-3ALPHA,21BETA,24-TRIOL-16-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SERRAT-14-ENE-3BETA,21BETA,24-TRIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SERRATENEDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERRATENEDIOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SERRATENEOLONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 155.0 -0.30 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.
SPORONIN 0 Pollen Or Spore 200000.0 450000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SPOROPOLLENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Pollen Or Spore not available 30000.0 not available Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 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
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperpigmentative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.