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Plant Ruscus aculeatus (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACULEOSIDE A 0 Bulb not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 396.0 1310.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 77.0 256.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 19026.0 63000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
BEHNIC ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 4.0 13.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 2190.0 7250.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.8 2.5 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 4.0 12.8 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCO-DERHAMNORUSCIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCO-RUSCIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCONEORUSCIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGLUCORUSCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGLYCORUSCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 1000.0 3000.0 -0.51 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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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
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.