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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (Caprifoliaceae)

Common Names
Buckbush
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
SELENIUM 60 Stem 0.0 0.1 -0.42 *
SODIUM 1 Stem 11.0 176.0 -0.49 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 7.0 440.0 0.04 *
TIN 4 Stem 0.5 2.6 -1.41 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.6 264.0 2.85 *
VANADIUM 16 Stem 0.2 4.4 2.57 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Stem 0.1 0.3 -0.47 *
YTTRIUM 0 Stem 0.8 4.4 -0.47 *
ZINC 77 Stem 2.0 92.0 -0.36 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Stem 0.8 44.0 2.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 *
Antiaging 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.