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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 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
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 1 *
Antidepressant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th