Plant Juncus effusus (Juncaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rush

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
7,8-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMIDE	0	Leaf	not available	16000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Pith	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	36000.0	-1.46	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Pith	not available	1440.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	not available	543000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Leaf	not available	640000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Pith	5.0	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EFFUSOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	24000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	50000.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	not available	310000.0	1.84	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Pith	not available	840.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
JUNCUSOL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Pith	not available	920.0	-1.00	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
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.