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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nociceptive 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.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Osteoblastogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 28 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 40 Duke, 1992 *
Peticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.