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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pressor 1 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Psychoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant 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.
Respirastimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tachycardiagenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.