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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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(+)-CATECHIN

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+CATECHIN
Ubiquitous
No

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
ACE-Inhibitor IC50=0.155 mM/l *
ACE-Inhibitor 0.24 mg/ml rbt (weak activity) *
Antiaggregant IC68=200 ug/ml *
Anticoagulant *
Anticomplementary 1/2 aspirin *
AntiHIV EC50=4 ug/ml *
Antiinflammatory IC50=40-943 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM) *
Antimutagenic ID50=50-100 nM 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.
Antioxidant *
Antiperoxidant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiprostaglandin IC50=40-943 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM) *
Antiradicular Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiulcer *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 10 uM (weak activity) Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiotonic *
COX-1-Inhibitor IC50=183-279 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM) *
COX-2-Inhibitor IC50=546-5,910 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM) *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Abutilon theophrasti Root Paszkowski, W. L., Kremer, R. J. 1988. Biological Activity and Tentative Identification of Flavonoid Components in Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medik.) Seed Coats. J. Chem. Ecol., 14(7): 1573-1582.
Acacia decurrens Plant *
Acacia nilotica Plant *
Aesculus hippocastanum Fruit Epidermis Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Leaf *
Aspalathus linearis Shoot *
Camellia sinensis Tissue Culture *
Camellia sinensis Stem *
Camellia sinensis Anther *
Camellia sinensis Leaf 85.2 13200.0 *
Ceratonia siliqua Fruit Wealth of India.
Cinnamomum aromaticum Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cinnamomum sieboldii Plant *
Cnicus benedictus Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
Crataegus laevigata Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Crataegus laevigata Flower *
Crataegus laevigata Leaf *
Crataegus laevigata Tissue Culture *