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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-MENTHONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | not available | 2210.0 | -0.74 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 675.0 | 0.66 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MENTHOFURAN | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTANOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTANOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOISOPULEGOLE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOMENTHOL | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-ACETONE | 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. |