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
RUSCOGENIN	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Shoot	300.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RUSCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	300.0	400.0	-0.68	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RUTIN	87	Root	91.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Plant	4000.0	4600.0	-1.00	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SAPONINS	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	1208.0	4600.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.4	1.4	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	7.0	22.4	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
SODIUM	1	Root	85.0	280.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	36240.0	120000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
STEROID SAPONINS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	36000.0	-0.90	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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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
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).