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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHYLALCOHOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	40700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TERPINEOL	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	0.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	90.0	-1.44	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	not available	2000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL	7	Shoot	not available	6.6	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMASCENONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	50500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-VALEROLACTONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECAN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	13600.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	not available	17000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Shoot	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVANOL-O-GLYCOSIDE	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.
FLAVONOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticarcinomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic	7	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinesterase	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *