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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |