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
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	24200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	11500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-PHENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYLBENZALDEHYDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	17100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Plant	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Shoot	not available	1200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	not available	5600.0	-1.28	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
Larvistat	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	7	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th