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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-COUMARYLQUININC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ETHYL-ACETOPHENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 65000.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PEDUNCULAGIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PENT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Shoot | 2100.0 | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | 1000.0 | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | 2100.0 | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTAN-1-OL | 0 | Shoot | 600.0 | 1100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOL | 26 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Leaf | 50000.0 | 270000.0 | 2.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Shoot | 15200.0 | 17800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETALDEHUDE | 0 | Shoot | 15200.0 | 17800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | 1850.0 | 3130.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote (Lead) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidote (pesticides) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidysenteric | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antieczemic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 13 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antielastase | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiembolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antiemphysemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalitic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |