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Plant Ruscus aculeatus (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
EO 0 Root 302.0 3000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
EURAPONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EURAPONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 6040.0 20000.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Root not available 108000.0 0.44 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 108000.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 410000.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 50.0 164.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORUSCOGENIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 2950.0 -0.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 707.0 2340.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 2.0 7.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant 100000.0 150000.0 0.08 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MUCILAGE 3 Root 30200.0 150000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).