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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Shoot *
1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
1-METHYLNAPHTHALENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 *
2,2,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEXANONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 3700.0 *
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 3200.0 *
2,4-DIHYDROXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2100.0 *
2,4-DIMETHYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1300.0 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 7100.0 *
2-METHOXY-2-BUTEN-4-OLIDE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-HEPT-2-EN-4-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 5900.0 *
2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 6800.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Plant *
3,4,5-TRIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-3-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 500.0 *
3-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
4-BUTANOLIDE 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
5-HYDROXY-3',4',7-TRI-O-METHYL-LUTEOLIN 0 Shoot *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYLPENTADECANONE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 *
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 3 *
Transdermal 3 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Trichomonicide 4 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 6 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide 2 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.