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Plant Ruscus aculeatus (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Box-Holly, Butcher's Broom
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ACULEOSIDE A Bulb -- 50.0 -- *
5 ALUMINUM Root 396.0 1310.0 0.39 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root 77.0 256.0 -0.50 *
0 ASH Root 19026.0 63000.0 -0.13 *
0 BEHNIC ACID Root -- -- -- *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root 4.0 13.0 -0.35 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Root 2190.0 7250.0 -0.02 *
2 CAMPESTEROL Root -- -- -- *
24 CHROMIUM Root 0.8 2.5 -0.06 *
6 CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
6 CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
2 COBALT Root 4.0 12.8 -0.27 *
0 DEGLUCO-DERHAMNORUSCIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 DEGLUCO-RUSCIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 DEGLUCONEORUSCIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE Shoot -- -- -- *
0 DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 DEGLYCORUSCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 EO Plant 1000.0 3000.0 -0.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.