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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
L-MENTHONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 2210.0 -0.74 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 675.0 0.66 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MENTHOFURAN 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE 30 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRCENE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTANOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTANOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOMENTHOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETONE 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
Ulcerogenic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 8 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Venoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Venotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.