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
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *