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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.
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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 *