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.
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.