Plant Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	not available	69000.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Shoot	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	7.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Shoot	not available	1.3	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	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.
SAFRANAL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLALDEHYDE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFATE	0	Shoot	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Shoot	not available	44000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Shoot	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	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
Vasodilator	9	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	6	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229