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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Juncus effusus (Juncaceae)

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