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Common Names
Brazilian Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-HYDROXYLUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENOL-7-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPAMINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYTARPHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARPHETALIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Priapistic | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Teratogenic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vasodilator | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |