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Plant Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiincontinence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *