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.
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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
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatitic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antischizophrenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseborrheic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonergic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antisickling	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiTMJ	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.