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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 3200.0 | 4150.0 | -0.15 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYTOENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Leaf | 2600.0 | 11400.0 | 3.08 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPHENOLS | 30 | Leaf | 100000.0 | 390000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE-T-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 17600.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2 | 1 | Leaf | not available | 5.8 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 167.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 160.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-3 | 2 | Leaf | 10.6 | 2100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-4 | 4 | Leaf | not available | 46.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-4-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 141.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-5-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 141.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-C-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-A-2-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 18.0 | 238.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 18.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-4 | 0 | Leaf | 56.8 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigiardial | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Antigingivitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranulocytopenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 3 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |