Common Names
Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 39700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 51800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ACETOPHENONE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 4200.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALUMINUM | 5 | Shoot | not available | 9900.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Shoot | 157.0 | 94000.0 | 4.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Shoot | not available | 25000.0 | -1.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASPALATHIN | 1 | Shoot | 17.0 | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ASPALATHIN-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDES | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 15900.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BENZOTHIAZOLE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-DAMISCENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antirheumatic | 4 | 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. |
Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antirhinoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
Antisalmonella | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiseptic | 17 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
Antisickling | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antispasmodic | 19 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistomatitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
Antistreptococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistress | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistroke | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |