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
HEPTAN-3-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-3-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANE-2,5-DIONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOORIENTIN	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.
IRON	6	Plant	not available	14.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	not available	3300.0	3.75	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBITEXIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Shoot	not available	1.0	-1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Shoot	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5400.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-1.15	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
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	14	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	9	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	3	Duke, 1992 *