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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRICTININ | 1 | Leaf | not available | 130.0 | 1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Leaf | not available | 880.0 | -0.93 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 33800.0 | 270000.0 | 1.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | 33800.0 | 270000.0 | 2.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TEASTERONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TETRAMETHYLTRIOXYPURINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAGALLIN | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 4.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THEAFLAVIN | 7 | Leaf | 5.4 | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN | 7 | Shoot | 1800.0 | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 19.0 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3-3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | 18.0 | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-3-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-DIGALLATE | 3 | Leaf | 700.0 | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-A | 0 | Leaf | 1700.0 | 8300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-B | 0 | Leaf | 2400.0 | 2500.0 | 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 * |