Plant Spartium junceum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Genet; Spanish Broom; Weaver's Broom

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SPARTEINE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THERMOPSINE	0	Flower	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
Hypocholesterolemic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Insectifuge	3	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *