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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BEBEERINE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEBUXINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXALINE-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXALPHINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXALTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXAMINOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXANDRINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXANINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXARINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXATINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXAZIDINE-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXAZINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXDELTINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXENINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXENINE-G	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXENONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXEPIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXERIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antitumor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiactive	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Immunomodulator	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant	1	Merck 11th Edition