Novel steroidal components from the underground parts of ruscus aculeatus l article pdf available in molecules 1712. Other common names box hollyjews myrtlekneeholyknee hollykneeholmpettigreesweet broom. Ruscus is a genus of six species of flowering plants, native to western and southern europe including northern to southern england, macaronesia, northwestern africa, and southwestern asia east to the caucasus. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Ruscus aculeatus wheelers aka wheelers butchers broom. Medicinal plants have long been utilized in traditional medicine and worldwide ethnomedicine. This is a summary of the scientific conclusions reached by the committee on herbal medicinal products hmpc on the medicinal uses of butchers broom. Ruscus aculeatus has been used over a decade as herbal substance or herbal preparations notably in france or germany, since 1986 and 1978, respectively. They are popular in gardens as a low growing evergreen hedge, or a unique looking specimen plant, and some people grow butchers broom as an attractive cut stem for flower arrangements. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are birddistributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. The ovate, thick, spinytipped, glossy dark green, leaf.
Common names butchers broom also is known as box holly, knee holly, pettigree, sweet broom, and jews myrtle. I am happy to say it is growing wild in my garden in. Home shop butchers broom ruscus aculeatus, packet of 10 seeds. Medicinal plants have evolved over the centuries as essential parts of african civilization and are widely recognized today as representing its rich cultural and scientific heritage. Home shop butchers broom ruscus aculeatus, packet of 10 seeds we at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom mary ann liebert, inc. Citrus aurantium l commonly called as bitter orange.
On sep 24, 2004, philomel from castelnau rb pyrenees, france zone 8a wrote. Ruscus butchers broom plants for sale plant delights nursery. Butchers broom has tough, erect, striated stems with false thorny leaves. Descriptionthe name knee holly appears to have been given it from its rising to about the height of a mans knee though occasionally specimens are found growing about 3 feet high, and from its having, like the true holly, prickly leaves, which are also evergreen.
Habitat it is believed that the plant is originally from hungary but. Pedersen 1994, but its medicinal use appears to have. It has tough, green, erect, striated stems that send out numerous short branches and very rigid leaves that are actually extensions of the stem and terminate in a single sharp spine. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. Preparations are available for both internal and external use and. The name of this plant should not be confused with broom cytisus scoparius or spanish broom spartium junceum. Ruscus is a bizarre but easytogrow group of evergreen shade perennials distantly related to lilies. As a landscape accent, these are really excellent, and over. There is usually only one latin name for each plant but the same common name can refer to several different plant species. Ruscus aculeatus supplement health benefits, dosage, side. Ruscus aculeatus ruscus aculeatus health effects and herbal facts. Oct 02, 2018 ruscus aculeatus is an herb commonly referred to as butchers broom due to its hard roots and supposed antibacterial properties being traditionally used to clean the cutting boards of butchers.
Ruscus aculeatus supplement health benefits, dosage. Ruscus is a lowgrowing, mounding plant, often valued as a ground cover. Ruscus aculeatus, a phytotherapeutic agent that is well known in europe, may, however, change this. Culinary plants, deer resistant plants, drought tolerant plants, dry shade plants, pollinator plants, medicinal plants, ornamental seed or fruit, rabbit resistant plants, salt tolerant seaside plants. Asparagus plants asparagaceae useful information about the plant. The herbs have also been arranged alphabetically by their scientific names or latin names. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom as a potential treatment for orthostatic hypotension, with a case report. The record derives from wcsp which reports it as an accepted name record 286704 with original publication details. Dacheng hao, in ranunculales medicinal plants, 2019. Ruscus aculeatus liliaceae is a well known bushy plant chamaephyte, rather common in the underwood layer of submediterranean.
It has tough, green, erect, striated stems that send out numerous short branches and very rigid leaves that are actually extensions of the stem. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom description ruscus aculeatus butchers broom is a member of the liliaceae family and is native to mediterranean europe and africa. Strictly medicinal po box 299 williams, or 97544 usa fax. It is ideal in a naturalistic woodland setting, flourishing under shade. This chapter presents a glimpse of the current status of and future trends in medicinal plant genomics, evolution, and phylogeny. Pdf novel steroidal components from the underground. The overall distribution is stable since the 1962 atlas, but the line between native and alien occurrences is becoming increasingly blurred and it is probably much planted within the mapped native range. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom knee holly pfaf plant database. It belongs to the asparagaceae family, which includes asparagus. Ruscus aculeatus, commonly called butchers broom, knee holly or piaranthus, is a prickly, mounded, rhizomatous, suckering, evergreen subshrub that is native to europe, the black sea area, northern africa and the azores. It has tough, green, erect, striated stems that send out numerous short branches and very rigid leaves that are actually extensions of. Liliaceae is a widely distributed european plant native from western europe. The root is aperient, deobstruent, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic and vasoconstrictor. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are birddistributed.
Butchers broom is little used in modern herbalism but, in view of its positive effect upon varicose veins and haemorrhoids, it could be due for a revival. Index of medicinal herbs arranged alphabetically by their common english names. Ruscus aculeatus is an herb commonly referred to as butchers broom due to its hard roots and supposed antibacterial properties being traditionally used to clean the cutting boards of butchers. The species is dioecious individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if. Optimization of shoot multiplication in ruscus aculeatus l. Ruscus aculeatus is an evergreen shrub growing to 0. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom monograph sun wave pharma. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom knee holly pfaf plant. Ruscus aculeatus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Ruscus species, butchers broom, christmas berry butchers. Many of the clinical trials on butchers broom use commercial products that combine butchers. In the apg iii classification system, it is placed in the family asparagaceae, subfamily nolinoideae formerly the family ruscaceae.
Butchers broom known scientifically as ruscus aculeatus is an evergreen herb which grows naturally in the mediterranean regions of europe the shrub gets its name because it was once used for making broomsticks but it has also been traditionally used down the years to make medicines particularly for the treatment of circulatory conditions and was even eaten in europe as a type of vegetable. It grows like an evergreen, a droughtloving shrub in thickets and on dry, rocky slopes. The plant belongs to the plant family ruscaceae formerly classified under the family liliaceae. Butchers broom ruscus aculeatus, packet of 10 seeds. The invention discloses a method for extracting ruscogenin from ruscus aculeatus, which comprises steps. We are still open for nursery plant sales, and look forward to your live root and plant orders. Animal and in vitro studies show butchers broom to have a vasoconstrictive effect. Ruscus aculeatus, known as butchersbroom, is a low evergreen eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spinetipped leaves. Its small greenish flowers appear in spring, having no landscape interest. Learn more about butchers broom uses, effectiveness, possible side effects, interactions, dosage, user ratings and products that contain butchers broom.
Bioactivity of the extracts and compounds of ruscus aculeatus l. At present, with regard to the different available. Pdf novel steroidal components from the underground parts. Its vasoconstrictive and venotonic properties make it ideally suited to treat the pooling of blood in the limbs, lack of venous tone, and lack of neurally mediated vasoconstriction that frequently characterize oh. Tough mediterranean evergreen subshrub bearing bright red, round berries. Ruscus aculeatus is a multistemmed monocotyledonous shrub with leaves functionally replaced. It is in leaf all year, in flower from january to april, and the seeds ripen from august to march. Genus ruscus are rhizomatous evergreen subshrubs with flattened, leaflike cladophylls bearing small pale green flowers, followed on female or hermaphrodite plants by glossy red berries details r. Ruscus aculeatus butcher s broom, ruscus is a low growing subshrub, with dense evergreen prickly foliage. Ruscus wheelers is a selffruiting form without benefit of a sexual partner of a normally dioecious plant. There is no other british plant exhibiting any similarity to the butchers broom. Victor kuete, in medicinal plant research in africa, 20.
Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom as a potential treatment. If youre looking for a droughttolerant, shadeloving, deerresistant plant, ruscus is a good bet. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. We at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. The pigments were extracted from the skins of the berries with 0. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 286704 with original publication details. The german commission e approved the use of butchers broom rhizome extract. The hmpc conclusions only cover butchers broom preparations that are obtained by drying and powdering the roots and by putting the plant material in a solvent such as ethanol to dissolve compounds and form a liquid extract. Outdoor culture zones 7 to 12, otherwise potted culture, indoors for winter. Butchers broom is used for hemorrhoids, gallstones, hardening of the arteries atherosclerosis, and for symptoms of poor blood circulation such as pain, heaviness, leg cramps, leg swelling, varicose veins, itching, and swelling. Butchers broom is also used as a laxative, as a diuretic to increase urine output, to reduce. It is the original of the poets laurel so often seen in classic prints. A conversation piece for collectors, ruscus wheelers is probably the single best plant we grow for dry shade, albeit quite slow to bulk up. Determination of anthocyanins in ruscus aculeatus l.
This plant is a native of europe and is an indicator species for ancient woodland. The increasing demand for medicinal plant products has renewed interest in the pharmaceutical industry in the production of herbal. Based on article 16d1, article 16f and article 16h of directive 200183ec traditional use. Ruscus aculeatus definition of ruscus aculeatus by the free.
Butchers broom is the common name for the root of the plant ruscus aculeatus l. The hmpc conclusions only cover butchers broom preparations that are obtained by drying and powdering the roots and by putting the plant material in a solvent such as ethanol to. Another member of the same family is ruscus racemosus or alexandrinus, a favourite evergreen shrub with the leaflike branches unarmed, and the racemes of small flowers terminal. It also holds traditional medicinal uses, which maily focus around improving blood flow in the veins by contracting them. The prickly butchers broom is native in the mediterranean and north africa up to asia and is also found on the atlantic coast of france and england. Related plants athens augusta christmas berry elizabeth lawrence john redmond. Acta societatis botanicorum poloniae a century of changes in wild food plant use in coastal. Request pdf bioactivity of the extracts and compounds of ruscus aculeatus l.
Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spinetipped leaves. European union herbal monograph on ruscus aculeatus l. Ruscus rusci rhizoma herbal medicines for human use. Origin of this plant is listed as england, iran, mediterranean area. Ruscus aculeatus butchers broom is a member of the liliaceae family and is native to mediterranean europe and africa.
Cn105330719a method for extracting ruscogenin from ruscus. Germination trials and domestication potential of three. Ruscus plant care how to grow ruscus plants in the gardens. The word rusci means butchersbroomlike, and the word aculeatus means prickly or thorny.
The hmpc conclusions are taken into account by eu member states when evaluating applications. The young shoots of butchers broom may also be prepared and eaten like. Ruscus aculeatus shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves. Butchers broom ruscus aculeatus request pdf researchgate. Ruscus species, butchers broom, christmas berry butchers broom. Ruscus aculeatus synonyms, ruscus aculeatus pronunciation, ruscus aculeatus translation, english dictionary definition of ruscus aculeatus. Ruscus aculeatus online atlas of the british and irish flora. Also, one plant can have several different common english names. Contributions to the anatomy of ruscus aculeatus 223 analyzing the adult r. Ruscus aculeatus wheelers wheelers butchers broom for. Description of the herbal substances, herba l preparations or combinations thereof herbal substances ruscus aculeatus l. Butchers broom ruscus aculeatus potted plant, organic. Ruscus aculeatus definition of ruscus aculeatus by the.
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