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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRICTININ | 1 | Leaf | not available | 130.0 | 1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Leaf | not available | 880.0 | -0.93 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 33800.0 | 270000.0 | 1.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | 33800.0 | 270000.0 | 2.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TEASTERONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRAMETHYLTRIOXYPURINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAGALLIN | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 4.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THEAFLAVIN | 7 | Leaf | 5.4 | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN | 7 | Shoot | 1800.0 | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 19.0 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3-3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 18.0 | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-DIGALLATE | 3 | Leaf | 700.0 | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-A | 0 | Leaf | 1700.0 | 8300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-B | 0 | Leaf | 2400.0 | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antirhinitic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinoviral | 1 | Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994. |
| Antisalmonella | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisecretory | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiseptic | 37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotonergic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotoninic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisindhis | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisinusitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 31 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |