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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Plant | 0.4 | 1.7 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Leaf | not available | 44000.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Shoot | not available | 44000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-NONALACTONE | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-OCTALACTONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 4200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETONE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIACOL | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIACOL | 18 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 240000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIACOL | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-4-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-A | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 24600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-B | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 27700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 9600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 6400.0 | 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 |