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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DODECA-CIS-CIS-3,6-DIENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECA-CIS-CIS-3,6-DIENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 35000.0 2.06 Duke, 1992 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN 31 Leaf 10000.0 34000.0 0.71 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Leaf not available 867.0 1.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Leaf 5250.0 8750.0 2.19 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOMENTHOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONEOMENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPULEGOLE-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPULEGONE 4 Leaf 450.0 900.0 0.71 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ISOPULEGONE 4 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.