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
LUTEOLIN	78	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Shoot	0.7	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	140.0	-1.22	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Shoot	not available	3300.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Shoot	not available	120.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYLMALEIMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	7900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NON-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-2,6-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOTHOFAGIN	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-3-EN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	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
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 *