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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
Contraceptive 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 (View) 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
Cytotoxic 2 (View) *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Deodorant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 (View) *
Differentiator 1 (View) *
Diuretic 5 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Ergogenic 1 (View) *
Estrogenic 2 (View) *
Febrifuge 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemostat 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective 2 (View) *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Hyperglycemic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 (View) Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 (View) *