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Common Names
Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | not available | 81000.0 | -0.67 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BAROSMA-CAMPHOR | 0 | Leaf | 1800.0 | 3000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BETA-DAMASCENONE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDROL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUCHU-CAMPHOR | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 38800.0 | 1.39 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | not available | 29.0 | 1.83 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CIS-2-ACETOXY-PULEGONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CARVEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiodontalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |