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
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.