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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Camellia japonica (Theaceae)

Common Names
Camellia; Common Camellia; Rose du Japon (Fr.); Camelia (Fr., Port.); Kamelie (Ger.); Tsubaki (Jap.); Camelia (Sp.); Japanese Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
THEOBROMINE 21 Leaf Wealth of India.
TIGLIC-ACID 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENOL 0 Seed Wealth of India.
TIRUCALLOL 0 Seed Wealth of India.
URONIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Allergenic 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 2 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiallergic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antialopecic 1 *
Antiandrogenic 1 *
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticellulitic 1 *
Antidiabetic 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiEBV 1 *
Antiedemic 4 *
Antienteritic 1 *