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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | not available | 42.0 | -0.68 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 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. |
| P-MENTH-1-EN-9-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-1-EN-9-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-1-EN-9-YL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-4(8)-EN-7-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTH-8-EN-7-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHA-1,3,6-TRIENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-10-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-10-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHAN-3-ON-8-THIOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-1-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-3-ONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | not available | 6780.0 | 0.33 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PINOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITENONE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | 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. |