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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
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 7.0 19.0 2.23 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Leaf not available 11.0 -0.55 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TRANS-2-ACETOXY-PULEGONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HYDROXYMENTHONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VINYL-GUAIACOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf not available 84.0 -0.01 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
AntiRNA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 19 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 18 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *