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Plant Ilex paraguariensis (Aquifoliaceae)

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
2,5-XYLENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-OXOLAURIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf not available 42500.0 -1.35 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 13000.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Leaf 2000.0 20000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Leaf not available 19000.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 3000.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 161000.0 173000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 176800.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPRONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf not available not available not available 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
Antifatigue 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihalitosic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.