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
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	39700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-A	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	51800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPTA-3,5-DIEN-2-ONE-ISOMER-B	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Shoot	not available	9900.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	157.0	94000.0	4.18	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	25000.0	-1.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASPALATHIN	1	Shoot	17.0	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPALATHIN-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDES	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	15900.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMISCENONE	0	Plant	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
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	2	Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.