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
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 *

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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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	24	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	8	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	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.
Cardiodepressant	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.
Cardioprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cataractagenic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *