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Plant Genista tinctoria (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Dyer's Broom
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(-)-(7R,9R,11R-7-N-METHYL-11(PROP-2-ENYL)CYTISINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(7R,9R,11R-7-N-METHYL-11(PROP-2-ENYL)CYTISINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Shoot not available 3000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ANAGYRINE 11 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE 10 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Shoot not available 300.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
GENISTIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPARTEINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPANINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-5,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-CYTISINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THERMOPSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TINCTORINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiendoccytotic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiestrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukemic 2 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antimicrobial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 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.
Antineuroblastomic 1 Duke, 1992 *