Re: Re: Mate tea

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On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:10:43 -0000, " via_pontica "

wrote:

>I have been trying to find info about the oxalate content of Mate

>[Paraguayan] tea but with no success so far. Does anybody know if it

>is safe for drinking?

>

>~ Emy

I searched for Mate tea and could not find anything indicating that it contains

any oxalates. As far as it being safe to drink I suppose people do drink it.

Following is a list of chemical which it contains.

Ora

Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Ilex paraguariensis ST.

HIL.(Aquifoliaceae) -- Mate, Paraguay Tea, South American Holly

Chemicals

2,5-XYLENOL Leaf:

4-OXOLAURIC-ACID Leaf:

5-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID Leaf:

ASH Leaf 42,500 ppm; Seed 13,000 ppm;

BETA-AMYRIN Leaf:

BUTYRIC-ACID Leaf:

CAFFEINE Leaf 2,000 - 20,000 ppm

CHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf:

CHLOROPHYLL Leaf 19,000 ppm;

CHOLINE Leaf:

EO Leaf 3,000 ppm;

FAT Seed 161,000 - 173,000 ppm

FIBER Leaf 176,800 ppm;

INOSITOL Leaf:

ISOBUTYRIC-ACID Leaf:

ISOCAPRONIC-ACID Leaf:

ISOVALERIC-ACID Leaf:

NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf:

NICOTINIC-ACID Leaf:

NITROGEN Leaf 30,000 ppm;

PANTOTHENIC-ACID Leaf:

PRBER Seed 520,000 - 560,000 ppm

PROTEIN Leaf 190,000 ppm; Seed 64,000 - 69,000 ppm

PYRIDOXINE Leaf:

RESIN Leaf 48,000 ppm;

RESINIC-ACID Leaf:

RIBOFLAVIN Leaf:

RUTIN Leaf:

STEARIC-ACID Leaf:

TANNIN Leaf 40,000 - 160,000 ppm

THEOBROMINE Leaf 960 - 5,000 ppm

THEOPHYLLINE Leaf 500 ppm;

TRIGONELLINE Leaf:

URSOLIC-ACID Leaf:

VANILLIN Leaf:

WATER Leaf 55,000 ppm; Seed 72,000 ppm;

Ora

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:10:43 -0000, " via_pontica "

wrote:

>I have been trying to find info about the oxalate content of Mate

>[Paraguayan] tea but with no success so far. Does anybody know if it

>is safe for drinking?

>

>~ Emy

I searched for Mate tea and could not find anything indicating that it contains

any oxalates. As far as it being safe to drink I suppose people do drink it.

Following is a list of chemical which it contains.

Ora

Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Ilex paraguariensis ST.

HIL.(Aquifoliaceae) -- Mate, Paraguay Tea, South American Holly

Chemicals

2,5-XYLENOL Leaf:

4-OXOLAURIC-ACID Leaf:

5-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID Leaf:

ASH Leaf 42,500 ppm; Seed 13,000 ppm;

BETA-AMYRIN Leaf:

BUTYRIC-ACID Leaf:

CAFFEINE Leaf 2,000 - 20,000 ppm

CHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf:

CHLOROPHYLL Leaf 19,000 ppm;

CHOLINE Leaf:

EO Leaf 3,000 ppm;

FAT Seed 161,000 - 173,000 ppm

FIBER Leaf 176,800 ppm;

INOSITOL Leaf:

ISOBUTYRIC-ACID Leaf:

ISOCAPRONIC-ACID Leaf:

ISOVALERIC-ACID Leaf:

NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf:

NICOTINIC-ACID Leaf:

NITROGEN Leaf 30,000 ppm;

PANTOTHENIC-ACID Leaf:

PRBER Seed 520,000 - 560,000 ppm

PROTEIN Leaf 190,000 ppm; Seed 64,000 - 69,000 ppm

PYRIDOXINE Leaf:

RESIN Leaf 48,000 ppm;

RESINIC-ACID Leaf:

RIBOFLAVIN Leaf:

RUTIN Leaf:

STEARIC-ACID Leaf:

TANNIN Leaf 40,000 - 160,000 ppm

THEOBROMINE Leaf 960 - 5,000 ppm

THEOPHYLLINE Leaf 500 ppm;

TRIGONELLINE Leaf:

URSOLIC-ACID Leaf:

VANILLIN Leaf:

WATER Leaf 55,000 ppm; Seed 72,000 ppm;

Ora

[Guest guest]

For information on Mate see:

http://www.rain-tree.com/yerbamate.htm

I guess it would be classified as a herbal tea and has medicinal properties. I

would not drink it unless I had a compelling reason to do so.

Regular black or green tea comes from camellia leaves but apparently the Mate

comes from a variety of the Holly tree family.

Ora

On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:23:33 -0000, " tarnalberry "

wrote:

>Isn't it based off of a black tea? I thought that black tea (and

>green tea since it's the same plant, just processed differently) had

>moderate to high amounts of oxalates. (If you look at the Rowan's

>Resources list non-herbal tea is in those categories. It seemed to

>me like anything that contained caffeine tended to contain medium to

>high levels of oxalates as well...) Herbal teas (and only some of

>those, not all of them) were the only teas on the " low oxalate " list.

>

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