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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Barosma betulina (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Buchu
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf 1500.0 2500.0 0.71 *
(+)-MENTHONE 0 Leaf 1350.0 2250.0 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 1500.0 3000.0 -0.15 *
(-)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 5250.0 8750.0 *
(-)-ISOPULEGONE 0 Leaf 450.0 900.0 *
(-)-PULEGONE 0 Leaf 1650.0 2750.0 -0.71 *
2-EPI-P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-1-ONE 0 Plant *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Leaf *
8-ACETYLTHIO-P-MENTHAN-3-ONE 0 Essential Oil *
8-MERCAPTO-P-MENTHA-3-ONE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 1360.0 0.68 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 4900.0 0.01 *
ASH 0 Leaf 81000.0 -0.67 *
BAROSMA-CAMPHOR 0 Leaf 1800.0 3000.0 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 38800.0 1.39 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 29.0 1.83 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 87.0 0.22 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 4 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Insectifuge 8 *
Insectiphile 2 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Juvabional 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Critchfield, J. W., Welsh, C. J., Phang, J. M., Yeh, G. C. 1994. Modulation of Adriamycin Accumulation and Efflux by Flavonoids in HCT-15 Colon Cells. Activation of P-Glycoprotein as a Putative Mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol, 48(7): 1437-1445.
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *