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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
ASH 0 Leaf not available 81000.0 -0.67 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BAROSMA-CAMPHOR 0 Leaf 1800.0 3000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-DAMASCENONE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDROL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUCHU-CAMPHOR 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 38800.0 1.39 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAMPHENE 9 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.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf not available 29.0 1.83 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CIS-2-ACETOXY-PULEGONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Hepatoprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 4 Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990.
Herbicide 10 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunomodulator 7 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 12 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.