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Plant 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
HEPTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 6700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 3900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANE-2,5-DIONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOORIENTIN 0 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.
IRON 6 Plant not available 14.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Shoot not available 3300.0 3.75 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBITEXIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Shoot not available 1.0 -1.15 Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Shoot not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5400.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -1.15 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.