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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
NEP-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Nephrotoxic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotransmitter 1 (View) *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
NO-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Pesticide 4 (View) *
Proliferant 1 (View) *
Prooxidant 1 (View) *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Schizophrenigenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Spermicide 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 (View) Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Tranquilizer 2 (View) *
Trichomonicide 1 (View) Martindale's 29th