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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
MANGANESE 14 Pith 171.0 1.00 *
MERCURY 1 Pith 1.4 1.00 *
METHYL-PENTOSANS 0 Leaf *
PENTOSANS 0 Leaf *
POTASSIUM 14 Pith 7620.0 1.00 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 86000.0 -1.26 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 131000.0 -0.91 *
SODIUM 1 Pith 291.0 1.00 *
XYLAN 0 Plant *
ZINC 77 Pith 38.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiherpetic? 1 (View) *
Antihistaminic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 2 (View) *
Antihyperkinetic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 4 (View) *
Antihypoglycemic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 (View) *
Antiinsomniac 3 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antilepric 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 (View) *
Antileukonychic 1 (View) *
Antilithic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 (View) *
Antilymphomic 3 (View) *
Antimaculitic 1 (View) *