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
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 *

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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
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	5	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.