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.
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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	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
Hypotensive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	1	Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.