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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-4-3'-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 64.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PRODELPHINIDIN-B-5-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPIONALDEHYDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPIONIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 150000.0 | 283000.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRROL-2-METHYLKETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | 10000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-RHAMNOSYL-(1-6)-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 760.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3170.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-FRUCTOSYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-TRIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prostaglandin-Secretor | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Alanko, J., et al. 1999. Modulation of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism by Phenols: Relation to their Structure and Antioxidant/Proooxidant Properties. Free Radical Biol Med, 26(1/2): 193-201. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 3 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Psychotropic | 2 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191. |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 6 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | 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. |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respiraparalytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirotoxic | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 2 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Rodenticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |