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Plant Lycopodium selago (Lycopodiaceae)

Common Names
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
12-EPILYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-HYDROXYLYCOPODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-HYDROXYHUPERZINE-A 0 Plant not available 58.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACRIFOLINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZELAIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OBSCURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUPERZINE-A 11 Plant not available 183.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCODOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPODINE 3 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-8 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHODOXANTHIN 1 Plant not available not available 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
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelopathic 2 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 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 69.
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.