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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Agathosma betulina (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 2210.0 -0.74 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 675.0 0.66 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MENTHOFURAN 5 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MENTHONE 30 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRCENE 22 Leaf *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRTANOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRTANOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil *
NEOISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
NEOMENTHOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil *
NEROL 10 Leaf Essent. Oil *
NEROL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
NEROL-ACETONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytoprotective 2 *
Cytotoxic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Decongestant? 1 Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Diuretic 8 *
DNA-Binder 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Emetic 2 *
Encephalopathic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.