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Plant Spartium junceum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Genet; Spanish Broom; Weaver's Broom
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
1,18-OCTADECANEDIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,26-HEXACOSANEDIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-0-METHYLGENISTEIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANAGYRINE 11 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Stem not available 44000.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem not available 6500.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Stem 403000.0 800000.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-7-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-7-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE 10 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE 10 Fruit not available 6300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE-11-OXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 100000.0 124000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Stem not available 46000.0 1.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Stem not available 397000.0 0.79 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
Nematistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxytocic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Oxytoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 11 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.