Chemical EPIGALLOCATECHIN | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chemical ID

EPIGALLOCATECHIN

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
Antimutagenic	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antioxidant	IC50=1.4 ug/ml	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiradicular	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	10 uM	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.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	IC50=21 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.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	IC50=>40	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229

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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
Acacia nilotica	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	not available	10866.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Croton lechleri	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Gossypium sp	Stem	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Theobroma cacao	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vaccinium myrtillus	Leaf	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.
Vicia faba	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *