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Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UREA | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICENIN-3 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-K-1 | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITEXIN | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 40000.0 | 120000.0 | -3.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| XANTHINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | -0.34 | 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. |