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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Counterirritant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *