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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Lung) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 1 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis. |
| Antiulcer | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivulvitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |