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

Common Names
Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf 44000.0 0.70 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot 44000.0 1.41 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 3200.0 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 4200.0 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Plant *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf Essent. Oil 240000.0 *
GUAIACOL 18 Plant *
HEPT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
HEPT-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1500.0 *
HEPT-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 *
HEPT-4-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-A 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 24600.0 *
HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-B 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 27700.0 *
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1700.0 *
HEPTAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 500.0 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 9600.0 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 6400.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aphidifuge 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 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.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 2 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *