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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
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-CATECHOL | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| (-)-EPICATECHOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 18-BETA-HYDROXY-28-NOROLEAN-12,17-DIEN-16-ONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-ENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 3-BETA-18-BETA-DIHYDROXY-28-NOROLEAN-12-EN-16-ONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 3-BETA-HYDROXY-28-NOROLEAN-12,17-DIEN-16-ONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMELLIAGENIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMELLIAGENIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMELLIAGENIN-C | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMELLIDIN-I | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMELLIDIN-II | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMELLIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CYANDIN-3-P-COUMAROYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antiflu | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93. |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipolytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilithic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |
| Antimetastatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antinociceptive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antioxalate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |