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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEGALLOYL-THEAFLAVONIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 17.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEGALLOYL-THEASINENSIN-F | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 2.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEXTRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DIMETHYL-SULFIDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| DIMETHYLXANTHINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| DIPHENYLAMINE | 3 | Leaf | 130.0 | 11700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 30.0 | 10000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIAFZELECHIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 37.0 | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 5.6 | 11.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | Leaf | 149.0 | 21250.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 20.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 9 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antitympanitic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiulcer | 28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiurethrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivulvitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiwrinkle | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |