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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.
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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
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antireserpine 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiseptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotoninic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishock 1 Martindale's 29th
Antispasmodic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitachycardic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyreotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitremor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *