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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |