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
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	not available	69000.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Shoot	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	7.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Shoot	not available	1.3	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	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.
SAFRANAL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLALDEHYDE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFATE	0	Shoot	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Shoot	not available	44000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Shoot	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-C	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 *