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Plant Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 9 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *