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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
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiganglionic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.