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
NEORUSCOGENIN	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEORUSCOGENIN	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEORUSCOGENIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	25.0	81.4	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOSANOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	504.0	1670.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2821.0	9340.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	25368.0	84000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.4	1.4	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCODIBENZOFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RUSCODIBENZOFURAN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Bulb	not available	4600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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.