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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
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| DAMMARADIENOL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| EUPHOL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 640000.0 | 670000.0 | 2.13 | Wealth of India. |
| FLAVAN-3-OL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GENIN-D | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GERMANICOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| HYACINTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 554880.0 | 580890.0 | 3.80 | Wealth of India. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PEDUNCULAGIN | 9 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSI-TARAXASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TELLIMIGRANDIN-I | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| THEOBROMINE | 21 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |