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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |