Plant Buxus sempervirens (Buxaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PROTEIN	0	Seed	14000.0	218000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCYCLOBUXINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIGLOYLCYCLOVIROBUXEINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antibacterial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.