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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Agathosma betulina (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DODECA-CIS-CIS-3,6-DIENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
DODECA-CIS-CIS-3,6-DIENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 35000.0 2.06 *
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf Essent. Oil *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil *
FURFURAL 6 Leaf Essent. Oil *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf Essent. Oil *
HESPERIDIN 31 Leaf 10000.0 34000.0 0.71 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Leaf 867.0 1.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Leaf 5250.0 8750.0 2.19 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOMENTHONE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISONEOMENTHOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISONEOMENTHOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOPULEGOLE-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ISOPULEGONE 4 Leaf 450.0 900.0 0.71 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ISOPULEGONE 4 Leaf Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 3 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphomic 2 *
Antimaculitic 3 *
Antimalarial 3 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 6 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimetrorrhagic 1 Fitoterapia No.55-1984.
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMS 1 *
Antimutagenic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.