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
FLUORIDE	3	Plant	0.4	1.7	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	44000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Shoot	not available	44000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	240000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-2-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-4-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-A	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	24600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL-ISOMER-B	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	27700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6400.0	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
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative	9	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soporific	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spasmogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Sprout-Inhibitor	2	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	3	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.