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Plant Agathosma betulina (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu
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
CIS-CARVEYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf not available 87.0 0.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CYMOPYROCATECHOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEC-CIS-4-ENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-4-ENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TERPINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
DIOSMIN 34 Leaf 200.0 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOL 4 Leaf 1800.0 3600.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOL 4 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DL-PIPERITONE-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf 1425.0 2375.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DL-PIPERITONEPOXIDE 0 Leaf 1425.0 2375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 5 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 4 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 12 Martindale's 29th
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Anti-LDL 1 Duke, 1992 *