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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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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 39700.0 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 51800.0 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1900.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 4200.0 -0.78 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant *
ALUMINUM 5 Shoot 9900.0 1.08 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 157.0 94000.0 4.18 *
ASH 0 Shoot 25000.0 -1.80 *
ASPALATHIN 1 Shoot 17.0 15000.0 *
ASPALATHIN-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDES 0 Shoot *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf Essent. Oil 15900.0 0.70 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Shoot *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 600.0 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 3400.0 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 10200.0 *
BETA-DAMISCENONE 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.