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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
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Leaf 1500.0 2500.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MENTHONE 0 Leaf 1350.0 2250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PULEGONE 4 Leaf 1500.0 3000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ISOMENTHONE 0 Leaf 5250.0 8750.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ISOPULEGONE 0 Leaf 450.0 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PULEGONE 0 Leaf 1650.0 2750.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
2-EPI-P-MENTHANE-8-THIOL-1-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-ACETYLTHIO-P-MENTHAN-3-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-MERCAPTO-P-MENTHA-3-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf not available 1360.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available 4900.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf not available 81000.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
BAROSMA-CAMPHOR 0 Leaf 1800.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 38800.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf not available 29.0 1.83 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf not available 87.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 8 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 17 Duke, 1992 *
Peticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ProHLDL 1 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pulifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *