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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENOATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 5500.0 | 10300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-2-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXYL-BUTYRATE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXYL-FORMATE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXYL-PHENYLACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPOXANTHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 189.0 | 1500.0 | 2.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOAMYL-ACETATE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 4 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergotamine-Enhancer | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Essential | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 12 | 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. |
| Fatal | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fetotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 46 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |