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
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 *