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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHENYLETHYLALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 40700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 4300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Shoot | not available | 0.7 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 90.0 | -1.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Shoot | not available | 2000.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOERIOL | 7 | Shoot | not available | 6.6 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAMASCENONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 50500.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-VALEROLACTONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 13600.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | not available | 17000.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Shoot | not available | 0.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVANOL-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | 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. |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |