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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-COUMARYLQUININC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ETHYL-ACETOPHENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 65000.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PEDUNCULAGIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PENT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Shoot | 2100.0 | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | 1000.0 | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 2100.0 | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | 600.0 | 1100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOL | 26 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Leaf | 50000.0 | 270000.0 | 2.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Shoot | 15200.0 | 17800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETALDEHUDE | 0 | Shoot | 15200.0 | 17800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | 1850.0 | 3130.0 | 1.00 | 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 * |