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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 18 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Soporific | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Spasmogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 4 | 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. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Suppurative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |