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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Selaginella delicatula (Selaginellaceae)

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
2'',3''-DIHYDROROBUSTAFLAVONE-7,4',7''-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
2'',3''-DIHYDROROBUSTAFLAVONE-7,4'-DIMETHYL-ETHER 1 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
3,4-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 3 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
4,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
AMENTOFLAVONE 18 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
ROBUSTAFLAVONE 0 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
ROBUSTAFLAVONE-4'-METHYL-ETHER 1 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
ROBUSTAFLAVONE-7,4'-DIEMTHYL-ETHER 0 Plant Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Antibradykinic 1 *
Antiedemic 1 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antiinflammatory 1 *
Antileukemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Antinociceptive 1 *
Antioxidant 3 *
Antiperoxidant 2 *
Antiulcer 1 *
Antiviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 Lin, L., Kuo, Y., Chou, C. 2000. Cytotoxic Biflavonoids from Selaginella delicatula. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 627-630.
Fungicide 1 *
Pesticide 1 *
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229