Plant Agathosma betulina (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cytoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	8	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.