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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |