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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistaphylococcic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 4 | 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 |
| Antitartar | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |
| Antithyroid | 5 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antithyrotoxic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiTNF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |