Major rooibos flavonoids—dihydrochalcones, aspalathin and nothofagin, flavones—orientin and vitexin, and a flavonol, rutin, were investigated to determine their influence on the activity of adrenal steroidogenic enzymes, ...

Salsola tuberculatiformis Botschantzev causes prolonged gestation in sheep and contraception in rats. An active fraction isolated from the shrub, containing a highly labile hydoxyphenyl aziridine or precursor, and a ...