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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molluscicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 4 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocardiotonic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 12 | Martindale's 29th |
| Myostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 19 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephroprotective | 2 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |