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Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPICATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYLGALLATE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 47.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 71.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 16.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Plant | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-3-O-GALLOYL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-GALLATE | 12 | Leaf | 5417.0 | 44000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHOL-GALLATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 6 | Leaf | not available | 10866.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 28.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYL-GALLATE) | 0 | Leaf | not available | 197.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (+)-Inotropic | 2 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| 11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 1 | Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990. |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acaricide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Acidulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Addictive | 1 | Science News, 145: 294. |
| Adenosine-Antagonist | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 12 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |