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Plant Barosma betulina (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Buchu
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
DIOSMIN 34 Leaf 200.0 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSPHENOL 4 Leaf 1800.0 3600.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-PIPERITONEPOXIDE 0 Leaf 1425.0 2375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 15000.0 35000.0 2.06 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN 31 Leaf 10000.0 34000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf not available 867.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOMENTHONE 3 Leaf 5250.0 8750.0 2.19 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPULEGONE 4 Leaf 450.0 900.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
L-MENTHONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 2210.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 675.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-1-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 6780.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf not available 11700.0 -0.82 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
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic 1 Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.