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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
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 6 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.