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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
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
(+)-3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIENE-3,7-DIOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Anther *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf 85.2 13200.0 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Stem *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture *
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Tissue Culture *
(+)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf 2100.0 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPI-GALLO-CATECHOL 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPIAFZELECHIN 2 Leaf 6.0 *
(-)-EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 37.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Flower *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf 960.0 32500.0 1.41 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem 0.1 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Leaf 8200.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf 800.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf 16.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 7 Leaf 3077.0 3180.0 *
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