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
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor	5	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *