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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BARRIGENOL-R1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARRINGTOGENOL-C 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Shoot 2100.0 2300.0 5.51 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOAXAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOXAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 10100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Shoot 900.0 1400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BUTYRATE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHYL-KETONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed Oil not available 76.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 27.0 84.0 -0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 18 Duke, 1992 *
Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor 2 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Adenosine-Antagonist 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 24 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 12 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.