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
HEPTAN-3-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	6700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-3-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	4700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-4-ONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANE-2,5-DIONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOORIENTIN	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.
IRON	6	Plant	not available	14.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	not available	3300.0	3.75	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBITEXIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Shoot	not available	1.0	-1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Shoot	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5400.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-1.15	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
AntiLyme	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	3	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic	20	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.