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Tea
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bradycardic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bronchodilator | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Bronchomucolytic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Bronchomucotropic | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchorrheic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Inhibitor | 3 | Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133. |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 57 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 15 | Martindale's 28th |
| Candidistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillarifortificant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |