Plant Ilex paraguariensis (Aquifoliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mate; Paraguay Tea; South American Holly

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	not available	30000.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRBER	0	Seed	520000.0	560000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	not available	190000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	64000.0	69000.0	-1.47	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE	43	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Leaf	not available	48000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
RESINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	40000.0	160000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Leaf	960.0	5000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Leaf	0.0	500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	55000.0	-3.75	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	72000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiapneic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiautistic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibacterial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradyarrhythmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Cervix)	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.
Anticancer (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.