Vaskulárna medicína 1/2016
Ruscus aculeatus– active compounds and healing effects
Ruscus aculeatusis an evergreen plant from Mediterranean Area. Main active compounds are saponins – ruscogenin and neoruscogenin. They are used as a chronic venous insuficiency, hemorrhoids and metrorrhagia treatment. Ruscus extract presents efficacious and safe therapy of these illnesses.
Keywords: Ruscus aculeatus, Butcher´s broom, saponins, chronic venous insuficiency
