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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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EPICATECHIN

Chemical ID
EPICATECHIN
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
Antiperoxidant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral *
Cancer-Preventive Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiotonic *
Choline-Sparing Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hepatotropic *
Hypocholesterolemic Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic *
Insulinogenic Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor IC50=140 uM 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.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor IC97=5 mM Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
NO-Inhibitor *
Pancreatogenic *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger IC50=0.181 ug/ml *
Pesticide *
Propecic *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor IC50=>40 *
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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
Aesculus hippocastanum Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Camellia sinensis Leaf 149.0 21250.0 1.0 *
Cinchona spp Bark *
Cinnamomum aromaticum Bark *
Cinnamomum sieboldii Plant *
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 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Crataegus rhipidophylla Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Elaeagnus angustifolia Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Humulus lupulus Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Hypericum perforatum Plant *
Juniperus communis Fruit *
Krameria triandra Root *
Malus domestica Fruit 4.0 11.0 *
Malus domestica Pericarp 20.0 80.0 *
Mitragyna speciosa Leaf 150.0 -1.0 *
Pinus sylvestris Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
Prunus cerasus Plant *
Punica granatum Fruit Juice *
Punica granatum Leaf *