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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | not available | 11700.0 | -0.82 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 92000.0 | -1.20 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PSEUDODIOSPHENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE | 28 | Leaf | 1650.0 | 2750.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULEGONE-EPOXIDE-A | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| QUERCETIN-3,7-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUGOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETRIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| QUERCETRIN-3,7-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 50000.0 | -0.28 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | 1.1 | -0.17 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RUTIN | 87 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | not available | 70.0 | 5.00 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | not available | 43.0 | -0.29 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | not available | 2760.0 | -0.16 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Stimulant | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Congestant | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Convulsant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Counterirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |