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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 *
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
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiviral 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Arteriodilator 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.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Candidicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 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.
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *