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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIACOL | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-2-TRANS-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 600.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANSDIEN-4-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 600.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | 200.0 | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 200.0 | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTANAL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 370.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 21500.0 | 150000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | 900.0 | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Lipolytic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 19 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lypolytic | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAPK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 2 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 1 | Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98. |
| Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Methyl-Guanidine-Inhibitor | 2 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Mitogen | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |