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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |