Plant Ruscus aculeatus (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ACULEOSIDE A	0	Bulb	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	396.0	1310.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	77.0	256.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	19026.0	63000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BEHNIC ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	4.0	13.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	2190.0	7250.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.8	2.5	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	4.0	12.8	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCO-DERHAMNORUSCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCO-RUSCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCONEORUSCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGLYCORUSCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	1000.0	3000.0	-0.51	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.

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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
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiacne	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition