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.
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
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	24200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	11500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-PHENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYLBENZALDEHYDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	17100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Plant	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATE	0	Shoot	not available	1200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	not available	5600.0	-1.28	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 *