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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antitartar | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiTNF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitriglyceride | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 2 | Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991. |
| Antituberculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 6 | Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |