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-EPICATECHIN

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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
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	IC50=22-50 uM/l	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	IC50=0.216 mM/l	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	0.5 mg/ml rbt (weak activity)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	not available	Hanke, F. J., Natural Products as a Resource for Biologically Active Compounds, Thesis, U. Cal (Santa Cruz), 1986, 252 pp
Antiaggregant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	30 mg/kg rat	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihepatitic	not available	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
AntiHIV	EC50=2 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperglycemic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antileukotriene	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	IC50=6.3 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	EC50=2 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Abutilon theophrasti	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Seed Coat	816.3	4000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Bark	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Fruit Epidermis	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Stem	0.1	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	960.0	32500.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ceratonia siliqua	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
Cinchona pubescens	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cinchona spp	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Cinnamomum aromaticum	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cinnamomum verum	Bark	not available	11.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *