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
SUGARS	0	Root	24160.0	80000.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSANOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	8.3	0.14	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Root	0.2	0.5	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	not available	21.0	0.46	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRICOSANOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	698000.0	-0.31	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
WATER	0	Root	not available	698000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ZINC	77	Root	0.6	2.1	-0.97	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.