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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
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 39700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 51800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4200.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Shoot not available 9900.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 157.0 94000.0 4.18 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Shoot not available 25000.0 -1.80 Duke, 1992 *
ASPALATHIN 1 Shoot 17.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPALATHIN-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDES 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 15900.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 3400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 10200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMISCENONE 0 Plant 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
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 8 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *