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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.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 2 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.
Colorant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Emetic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Fungicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Immunostimulant 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 1 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.