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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	not available	42.0	-0.68	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Essential Oil	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.
P-MENTH-1-EN-9-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-1-EN-9-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-1-EN-9-YL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-4(8)-EN-7-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-8-EN-7-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3,6-TRIENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-10-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,8-DIEN-10-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHAN-3-ON-8-THIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-1-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-3-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL	6	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	not available	6780.0	0.33	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PINOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITENONE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE	7	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
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PPAR-Gamma-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
ProHLDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pulifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	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.
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Rubefacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	14	Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).