Plant Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea

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
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	24200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	11500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-PHENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYLBENZALDEHYDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	17100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Plant	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Shoot	not available	1200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	not available	5600.0	-1.28	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
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