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Plant Cytisus scoparius (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Scotch Broom
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
8-GLYCOSYL-5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3'METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 38000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMEXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 60000.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-7,4'-DI-O-APIOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-7-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-35 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDOXYLUPANINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDOXYTYRAMINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSPARTEINE 0 Flower 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
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Antibacterial 6 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *