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Plant Lycopodium lucidulum (Lycopodiaceae)

Common Names
Shining 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
12-EPILYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-OXOSERRATRIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
21-EPISERRATENEDIOL 0 Plant not available 38.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-EPISERRATRIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available 91.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL-SERRATENEDIOL 0 Plant not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROLYCOLUCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLABELLIFORMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELANONE 0 Plant not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDINE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDINE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDULINE 0 Plant not available 98.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOLUCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODINE 3 Plant not available 480.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODIUM-ALKALOID-L-13 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODIUM-ALKALOID-L-20 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODIUM-ALKALOID-L-22 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODIUM-ALKALOID-L-24 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Epinephrininergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 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.
Hyperglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Martindale's 30th
Hypoglycemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 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.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
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.
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.