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Common Names
Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| 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 * |