Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Buxus sempervirens (Buxaceae)

Common Names
Boxwood
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
BEBEERINE 4 Plant *
BEBUXINE 0 Leaf *
BUXALINE-C 0 Plant *
BUXALPHINE 0 Leaf *
BUXALTINE 0 Plant *
BUXAMINE 0 Leaf *
BUXAMINOL 0 Leaf *
BUXANDRINE 0 Leaf *
BUXANINE 0 Leaf *
BUXARINE 0 Leaf *
BUXATINE 0 Plant *
BUXAZIDINE-B 0 Leaf *
BUXAZINE 0 Plant *
BUXDELTINE 0 Leaf *
BUXENE 0 Plant *
BUXENINE 0 Plant *
BUXENINE-G 0 Leaf *
BUXENONE 0 Leaf *
BUXEPIDINE 0 Leaf *
BUXERIDINE 0 Leaf *
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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) *
Antianginal 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 2 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticoronary 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) *
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
Antieczemic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.