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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
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
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.