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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
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-AMINO-5-(N-ETHYL-CARBOXAMIDO)-PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-3,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-3,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-6-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-HEX-AN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-2,6,6-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXYLIDEN-1-ACETOLACTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-5-ETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-6-ETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PENTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-QUINOLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-O-(BETA-1-ARABINOPYRANOSYL)-MYOINOSITOL 0 Leaf not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-O-(BETA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL)-MYOINOSITOL 0 Leaf not available 4000.0 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
Antihypotensive 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihysteric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 46 Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 3 Martindale's 28th